Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VIA DOLOROSA: 7. THE LAST WORD, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: So many a dream and hope that went and came Last Line: And bids fare forth the soul it bids fare well. Subject(s): Dreams; Love; Nightmares | ||||||||
So many a dream and hope that went and came, So many and sweet, that love thought like to be, Of hours as bright and soft as those for me That made our hearts for song's sweet love the same, Lie now struck dead, that hope seems one with shame. O Death, thy name is Love: we know it, and see The witness: yet for very love's sake we Can hardly bear to mix with thine his name. Philip, how hard it is to bid thee part Thou knowest, if aught thou knowest where now thou art Of us that loved and love thee. None may tell What none but knows -- how hard it is to say The word that seals up sorrow, darkens day, And bids fare forth the soul it bids fare well. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS A BALLAD OF DEATH by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE |
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