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SONNET TO ELEONORA DUSE (1), by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh beauty that is filled so full of tears
Last Line: God loves its silence better than a prayer
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): Duse, Eleonora (1858-1924)


Oh beauty that is filled so full of tears,
Where every passing anguish left its trace,
I pray you grant to me this depth of grace:
That I may see before it disappears,
Blown through the gateway of our hopes and fears
To death's insatiable last embrace,
The glory and the sadness of your face,
Its longing unappeased through all the years.
No bitterness beneath your sorrow clings;
Within the wild dark falling of your hair
There lies a strength that ever soars and sings;
Your mouth's mute weariness is not despair.
Perhaps among us craven earth-born things
God loves its silence better than a prayer.





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