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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DESOLATION, by THEOPHILE GAUTIER Poem Explanation Poet's Biography
First Line: In the forest bleak and lonely
Last Line: Come and sing above my tomb!
Alternate Author Name(s): Theo, Le Bon
Subject(s): Birds; Death; Desolation; Graves; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones
First Line: In the forest bleak and lonely
Last Line: Come and sing above my tomb!
Alternate Author Name(s): Theo, Le Bon
Subject(s): Birds; Death; Desolation; Graves; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones
In the forest bleak and lonely
Nothing by the winds is stirred
But one withered leaflet only,
And beside it pipes a bird.
Everything is dead or dying
In my heart, save love alone;
There it sings, but Autumn's sighing
Drowns the music of each tone.
Winter comes—the leaflet falleth,
Love, too, dies amid the gloom;
Little Bird! when spring-time calleth,
Come and sing above my tomb!
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