Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THOU DOST NOT KNOW, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS


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THOU DOST NOT KNOW, by                    
First Line: Blindly she groped her way
Last Line: All now is o'er?
Subject(s): Friendship


Blindly she groped her way,
Dumbly she strove to pray,
Shriving her soul.
Was there no one could save
E'er she plunged 'neath the wave
Paying the toll?

Faith, Hope and Love were dead:
Sought she the river bed
On which to lie,
As her heart sank to rest
Beating within her breast
A last good-bye.

She had no more to give:
Why should she seek to live,
Unheard her cry?
Should she resume again
Striving once more in vain,
E'er she should die?

What was it all about,
The turmoil and the shout;
What was her goal?
What was she striving for,
And seeking more and more—
Body and soul?

E'en though her heart was brave,
Her path led to the grave
And the unknown.
For what did there await,
Did her soul hesitate
Striving alone?

Did she fear the abyss
Between that world and this,
Thou dost not know?
Did she find God above
And His infinite love
E'er she did go?

When, in sweet charity,
Friends bow in sympathy,
Wondering why;
Cold lips will not reveal
What death doth here conceal,
Nor make reply.

Wouldst thou tell her, my friend,
Death is the final end—
There is no more,
Ends here the noise and strife,
There is no future life,
All now is o'er?





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