Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LOOK OF DEATH IS BOTH SEVERE AND MILD, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: And all the words of death are grave and sweet Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Subject(s): Death | ||||||||
The look of Death is both severe and mild, And all the words of Death are grave and sweet; He holds ajar the door of his retreat; The hermitage of life, it may be styled; He pardons sinners, cleanses the defiled, And comfortably welcomes weary feet. The look of Death is both severe and mild, And all the words of Death are grave and sweet. And you that have been loving pleasure wild, Long known the sins and sorrows of the street, Lift up your eyes and see, Death waits to greet, As a kind parent a repentant child. The bugle sounds the muster roll, The blacksmith blows the roaring coal; The look of Death is both severe and mild, And all the words of Death are grave and sweet. | 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 HOW THE MIRROR LOOKS THIS MORNING by HICOK. BOB NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A GOOD PLAY by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
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