Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MR. MCG, by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE Poet's Biography First Line: We were all sad and could not weep Last Line: To any threat'ning fears. Subject(s): Grief; Happiness; Music & Musicians; Sorrow; Sadness; Joy; Delight | ||||||||
(WHO CAME ONE DAY WHEN WE WERE ALL GLOOMY AND CHEERED US WITH SAD MUSIC) WE were all sad and could not weep, Because our sorrow had not tears: You came a silent thing like Sleep, And stole away our fears. Old memories knocking at each heart Troubled us with the world's great lie: You sat a little way apart And made a fiddle cry. And April with her sunny showers Came laughing up the fields again: White wings went flashing thro' the hours So lately full of pain. And rivers full of little lights Came down the fields of waving green: Our immemorial delights Stole in on us unseen. For this may Good Luck let you loose Upon her treasures many years, And Peace unfurl her flag of truce To any threat'ning fears. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE STUDY OF HAPPINESS by KENNETH KOCH SO MUCH HAPPINESS by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE CROWD CONDITIONS by JOHN ASHBERY I WILL NOT BE CLAIMED by MARVIN BELL THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#21): 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN'S HAPPINESS by MARVIN BELL EVENING CLOUDS by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE |
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