Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UNDERWOODS: BOOK 1: 27. IN MEMORIAM F. A. S., by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Yet, o stricken heart, remember, o remember Last Line: And ere the day of sorrow departed as he came. Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Subject(s): Consolation; Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
Yet, O stricken heart, remember, O remember How of human days he lived the better part. April came to bloom and never dim December Breathed its killing chills upon the head or heart. Doomed to know not winter, only spring, a being Trod the flowery April blithely for a while, Took his fill of music, joy of thought and seeing, Came and stayed and went, nor ever ceased to smile. Came and stayed and went, and now when all is finished, You alone have crossed the melancholy stream, Yours the pang, but his, O his, the undiminished Undecaying gladness, undeparted dream. All that life contains of torture, toil, and treason, Shame, dishonor, death, to him were but a name. Here, a boy, he dwelt through all the singing season And ere the day of sorrow departed as he came. | 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 NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A GOOD PLAY by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
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