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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THRENODY, by RUTH GUTHRIE HARDING
First Line: There's a grass-grown road from the valley
Last Line: Who lies so far from home.
Alternate Author Name(s): Burton, Richard, Mrs.
Subject(s): Grief; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: There's a grass-grown road from the valley
Last Line: Who lies so far from home.
Alternate Author Name(s): Burton, Richard, Mrs.
Subject(s): Grief; Sorrow; Sadness
THRENODY
There's a grass-grown road from the valley—
A winding road and steep—
That leads to the quiet hilltop,
Where lies your love asleep....
While mine is lying, God knows where,
A hundred fathoms deep.
I saw you kneel at a grave-side—
How still a grave can be,
Wrapped in the tender starlight,
Far from the moaning sea!
But through all dreams and starlight,
The breakers call to me.
Oh, steep is your way to Silence—
But steeper the ways I roam;
For never a road can take me
Beyond the wind and foam,
And never a road can reach him
Who lies so far from home.
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