Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG (13), by GEORGE MEREDITH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Should thy love die Last Line: Bury it, bury it, bury it where it was born. Subject(s): Love - Loss Of | ||||||||
SHOULD thy love die; O bury it not under ice-blue eyes! And lips that deny, With a scornful surprise, The life it once lived in thy breast when it wore no disguise. Should thy love die; O bury it where the sweet wild-flowers blow! And breezes go by, With no whisper of woe; And strange feet cannot guess of the anguish that slumbers below. Should thy love die; O wander once more to the haunt of the bee! Where the foliaged sky Is most sacred to see, And thy being first felt its wild birth like a wind-wakened tree. Should thy love die; O dissemble it! smile! let the rose hide the thorn! While the lark sings on high, And no thing looks forlorn, Bury it, bury it, bury it where it was born. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROSE AND MURRAY by CONRAD AIKEN THOUGH WE NO LONGER POSSESS IT by MARK JARMAN THE GLORY OF THE DAY WAS IN HER FACE by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON LOVE COME AND GONE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 33 by JAMES JOYCE A SCOTCH SONG by JOANNA BAILLIE DIRGE IN WOODS by GEORGE MEREDITH |
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