Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PATH OF TEARS: 7. THE SLAYER, by SAROJINI NAIDU Poet's Biography First Line: Love, if at dawn some passer-by should say Last Line: "with the swift spear of grief." Subject(s): Grief; Love; Tears; Sorrow; Sadness | ||||||||
LOVE, if at dawn some passer-by should say, "Lo! doth thy garment drip with morning dew? Thy face perchance is drenched with cold sea-spray, Thy hair with fallen rain?" Make answer: "Nay, These be the death-drops from sad eyes I slew With the quick torch of pain." And if at dusk a reveller should cry, "What rare vermilion vintage hast thou spilled, Or is thy robe splashed with the glowing dye Of some bruised crimson leaf?" O Love reply: "These be the life-drops of a heart I killed With the swift spear of grief." | 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 A CHALLENGE TO FATE by SAROJINI NAIDU |
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