Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RELEASE, by DOLLIE CAROLINE MAITLAND RADFORD Poet's Biography First Line: Ah, love, through what unfathomed deeps Last Line: To my release. Alternate Author Name(s): Radford, Ernest, Mrs. Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
AH, Love, through what unfathomed deeps Thy feet have sped, Up what bare hills and barren steeps Thy hands have led, What bitter nights and burning days Have marked thy ways. And I have followed all the while, So close to thee, Hoping thou wouldest turn and smile, To gladden me, To tell me we should safely come To thy fair home. But thou dost ever onward press, With hidden face, Ah surely none may wear thy dress, None take thy place; Ah tell me it is thou indeed With whom I speed. Dear Love, dear Love, thy tightening hand Is stern and cold, I see the gates of thy great land Grown clear and bold, And Death, alone, comes forth in peace To my release. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND TO MY CHILDREN: 3 by DOLLIE CAROLINE MAITLAND RADFORD |
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