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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PAIN OF EARTH, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poet's Biography
First Line: Does the earth grow grey with grief
Last Line: In our hearts the tears are shed.
Alternate Author Name(s): A. E.
Subject(s): Earth; Grief; World; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: Does the earth grow grey with grief
Last Line: In our hearts the tears are shed.
Alternate Author Name(s): A. E.
Subject(s): Earth; Grief; World; Sorrow; Sadness
DOES the earth grow grey with grief
For her hero darling fled?
Though her vales let fall no leaf,
In our hearts her tears are shed.
Still the stars laugh on above:
Not to them her grief is said;
Mourning for her hero love
In our hearts the tears are shed.
We her children mourn for him,
Mourn the elder hero dead;
In the twilight grey and dim
In our hearts the tears are shed.
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