Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ELEGIAC SONNET: 24. BY THE SAME, by CHARLOTTE SMITH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Make there my tomb, beneath the lime-tree's shade Last Line: Where her poor werter -- and his sorrows sleep! Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Charlotte Turner Subject(s): Grief; Sorrow; Sadness | ||||||||
Make there my tomb, beneath the lime-tree's shade, Where grass and flowers in wild luxuriance wave; Let no memorial mark where I am laid, Or point to common eyes the lover's grave! But oft at twilight morn, or closing day, The faithful friend with falt'ring step shall glide, Tributes of fond regret by stealth to pay, And sigh o'er the unhappy suicide! And sometimes, when the sun with parting rays Gilds the long grass that hides my silent bed, The tears shall tremble in my CHARLOTTE'S eyes; Dear, precious drops! -- they shall embalm the dead! Yes -- CHARLOTTE o'er the mournful spot shall weep, Where her poor WERTER -- and his sorrows sleep! | 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 ELEGIAC SONNET: 2. WRITTEN AT THE CLOSE OF SPRING by CHARLOTTE SMITH ELEGIAC SONNET: 4. TO THE MOON by CHARLOTTE SMITH ELEGIAC SONNET: 44. WRITTEN IN THE CHURCH YARD AT MIDDLETON IN SUSSEX by CHARLOTTE SMITH |
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