Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A LAST COUNSEL, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poet's Biography First Line: Could you not in silence borrow Last Line: To the mother-bosom creeping. Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. Subject(s): Advice; Farewell; Grief; Solitude; Parting; Sorrow; Sadness; Loneliness | ||||||||
COULD you not in silence borrow Strength to go from us ungrieving? All these hours of loving sorrow Only make more bitter leaving. You will go forth lonely, thinking Of the pain you leave behind you; From the golden sunlight shrinking For the earthly tears will blind you. Better, ah, if now we parted For the little while remaining; You would seek when broken-hearted For the mighty heart's sustaining. You would go then gladly turning From our place of wounds and weeping, With your soul for comfort burning To the mother-bosom creeping. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV IN A VACANT HOUSE by PHILIP LEVINE SUNDAY ALONE IN A FIFTH FLOOR APARTMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS SILENCE LIKE COOL SAND by PAT MORA THE HONEY BEAR by EILEEN MYLES A SUMMER NIGHT by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL |
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