Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO AN AGED FRIEND, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not long thy voice amongst us may be heard Last Line: Forget the grave in trustful thoughts of heaven. Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Old Age; Spring | ||||||||
NOT long thy voice amongst us may be heard, Servant of God! -- thy day is almost done; The charm now lingering in thy look and word Is that which hangs about thy setting sun -- That which the meekness of decay hath won Still from revering love. Yet doth the sense Of life immortal -- progress but begun -- Pervade thy mien with such clear eloquence, That hope, not sadness, breathes from thy decline; And the loved flowers which round thee smile farewell Of more than vernal glory seem to tell, By the pure spirit touched with light Divine; While we, to whom its parting gleams are given, Forget the grave in trustful thoughts of heaven. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING LEMONADE by TONY HOAGLAND A SPRING SONG by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN SPRING'S RETURN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SPRING IN WINTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES SPRING ON THE PRAIRIE by HERBERT BATES THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD A DIRGE (1) by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS |
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