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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ADIEU, by MARY TUCKER LAMBERT Poet's Biography First Line: Life is full of mirth and pleasure Last Line: Hearts are not broken by adieu. Alternate Author Name(s): Tucker, Mary Eliza Perine | |||
LIFE is full of mirth and pleasure, But all joy is on the wing -- Base alloy corrodes each treasure, And enjoyment hides a sting. Bliss is like a rainbow, cheating, Beautiful and bright, but fleeting. True, there's real bliss in the greeting Of each loving, kindred heart; But a sadness dims our meeting, For we know we soon must part -- Thus ties of Love, and friendship true, Are severed by the sad adieu. Adieu, and from the mother's eyes Streams her deep love, in tears. Adieu, adieu, my child, she cries, Adieu, perchance for years. And of our parting, keep this token, My bitter tears -- my heart is broken. And that mother, in her anguish, Prays to God that she may die -- Better thus, than still to languish, Crying ever, this sad cry: Give me back my child, my treasure, Ye have o'erflown my bitter measure. Alas! the hand of reckless fate, As on time's wings, she flies; Severs, with most remorseless hate, The tenderest, holiest ties. E'en sacred bonds of heaven's making, Fate laughs to scorn, and smiles in breaking. Thus all earthly friendships sever -- Such is Heaven's stern decree. But God's loved ones meet, to never Part again in land of free,-- There, there above the sky's deep blue, Hearts are not broken by adieu. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A LOVE-LETTER by MARY TUCKER LAMBERT ALL ALONE by MARY TUCKER LAMBERT APPLE DUMPLINGS; BY REQUEST by MARY TUCKER LAMBERT ARRIA TO POETUS by MARY TUCKER LAMBERT AUTUMN THOUGHTS by MARY TUCKER LAMBERT BURIAL OF A FAIRY QUEEN by MARY TUCKER LAMBERT CHILD LIFE by MARY TUCKER LAMBERT CHRISTMAS EVE, SOUTH, 1865 by MARY TUCKER LAMBERT CHRISTMAS, SOUTH, 1866 by MARY TUCKER LAMBERT |
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