Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DISAPPOINTMENT, by MARY TUCKER LAMBERT Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, how can I live in a torture so wild? Last Line: And drink deep of god's pardoning love. Alternate Author Name(s): Tucker, Mary Eliza Perine Subject(s): Grief; Sorrow; Sadness | ||||||||
OH, how can I live in a torture so wild, And yet always be dreaming of bliss? Why not learn Fate has doomed me to be sorrow's child, And in meekness the heavy rod kiss? I have lived for long months in a bright land of dreams, Dawning roseate as th' opening of day; But alas! the bright tints were but lightning gleams, Flashing wrath, and then fading away. The bliss of the soul I have constantly sought, But alas! I have sought it in vain; On earth its base semblance is rended and bought, And I never will seek it again. How I long for some spot in the solitude deep, All alone I could dwell there for years; My only companion, Repentance, and weep Living fountains of sorrowful tears. I feel we are drifting too surely apart, And sadly I think of the pain, For my loss, which will gnaw the proud core of your heart, As alone you sail over life's main. Oh, why do I sorrow? I know there is rest For the weary, in mansions above; And I long to go home to the land of the blest, And drink deep of God's pardoning love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS |
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