Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A DECEASED, by THEODOR STORM Poet's Biography First Line: But this is more than I can bear Last Line: Are stealing o'er your coffin there. | ||||||||
But this is more than I can bear, That still the laughing sun is bright, As in the days when you were there, That clocks are striking, unaware, And mark the change of day and night-- That we, as twilight dims the air, Assemble when the day is done, And that the place where stood your chair Already many others share, And that you seem thus missed by none; When meanwhile, from the gate below, The narrow strips of moonlight spare Into your vault down deeply go, And with a ghostly pallid glow Are stealing o'er your coffin there. | Other Poems of Interest...TO HIS DEAD WIFE by THEODOR STORM THE LISBON PACKET by GEORGE GORDON BYRON WITCHCRAFT BY A PICTURE by JOHN DONNE THE HOLY SCRIPTURES (1) by GEORGE HERBERT OLD POETS by ALFRED JOYCE KILMER ON MAN by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR THE TENT ON THE BEACH: 3. THE GRAVE BY THE LAKE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER TO THE GIRL WHO HELPED IN THE WAR by JOSEPHINE DODGE DASKAM BACON |
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