Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ABSENT THEE FROM FELICITY AWHILE (HAMLET'S DYING WORDS), by GEORGE ST. CLAIR First Line: When it shall come Last Line: Absent thee from felicity awhile! | ||||||||
When it shall come, As come it must, That I go home Freed from this dust, This clogging shell: Weep no soft tears! This heart, that hears Your grief, knows well Your sorrow; but, with a smile, ABSENT THEE FROM FELICITY AWHILE! Do not beguile The hour with dance or song! But, let your heart be strong To think of me As one set free From pain and wrong! So, with a smile, ABSENT THEE FROM FELICITY AWHILE! In some dim isle, Where spirits roam, I shall forget The crash and foam, The fever and the fret Of tired life; While you, left in the strife, Still, with a smile, ABSENT THEE FROM FELICITY AWHILE! | Other Poems of Interest...UPON FIRST SEEING NEW MEXICO MESAS AFTER A TRIP ABROAD by GEORGE ST. CLAIR THE BATTLE AUTUMN OF 1862 by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE COLLEGE, 1917 by HAMILTON FISH ARMSTRONG PSALM 51 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE A CURE FOR POETRY by ANNABELLA (GUISE) BLOUNT THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 26. ASKING FOR HER HEART. CHRISTMAS by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |
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