Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO ONE WEEPING, by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE Poet's Biography First Line: Maiden, these are sacred tears Last Line: In my heart at singing time. Subject(s): Blackbirds; Grief; Sorrow; Sadness | ||||||||
MAIDEN, these are sacred tears, Let me not disturb your grief; Had I but your bosom's fears I should weep, nor seek relief. My woe is a silent woe 'Til I give it measured rhyme, When the blackbird's flute is low In my heart at singing time. | 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 EVENING CLOUDS by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE |
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