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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ORGAN SONGS: O DO NOT LEAVE ME, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: O do not leave me, mother, lest I weep
Last Line: Leaving is left behind.
Subject(s): Abandonment; Death; God; Mothers; Desertion; Dead, The
First Line: O do not leave me, mother, lest I weep
Last Line: Leaving is left behind.
Subject(s): Abandonment; Death; God; Mothers; Desertion; Dead, The
O DO not leave me, mother, lest I weep;
Till I forget, be near me in that chair.
The mother's presence leads her down to sleep—
Leaves her contented there.
O do not leave me, lover, brother, friends,
Till I am dead, and resting in my place.
Love-compassed thus, the girl in peace ascends,
And leaves a raptured face.
Leave me not, God, until—nay, until when?
Not till I have with thee one heart, one mind;
Not till the Life is Light in me, and then
Leaving is left behind.
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