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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A LAST MESSAGE, by GRACE DENIO LITCHFIELD Poet's Biography First Line: Dear, I lie dying, and thou dost not know Last Line: Listen, and learnI loved thee, love, till death. Subject(s): Love | |||
DEAR, I lie dying, and thou dost not know Thou, whom of all the world I love the best! And wilt not know, until I lie at rest With lips for ever closed, and lids dropped low. O LoveO LoveI can not leave thee so! Can not, still undivined, still unexpressed, Unheeding to the last my heart's behest, Dumb into the Eternal Silence go! What reck I in this moment of disgrace? Albeit the whole world hear what my heart saith, I cry aloud to thee across all space. To theeto theeI call with my last breath! O Love, lean forth from out thy dwelling place! Listen, and learnI loved thee, Love, till death. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A BIRTHDAY SONG by GRACE DENIO LITCHFIELD |
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