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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COME LOVE OR DEATH, by WILL HENRY THOMPSON Poet's Biography
First Line: O lifted face of muted appeal!
Last Line: And I had power to kill!
First Line: O lifted face of muted appeal!
Last Line: And I had power to kill!
O LIFTED face of mute appeal!
Poor tongueless pantomime of prayer!
O sullen sea, whose deeps conceal
The children of despair!
O heart that will not look above!
Poor staggering feet that seek the wave!
I would come quick, if I were Love,
And I had power to save.
O sinking sunset loneliness
Aflame in hot, unmoving eyes!
Poor wan lips, creeping in distress
To cover up your cries!
O broken speech, and sobbing breath!
Poor restless and uncertain will!
I would come quick, if I were Death,
And I had power to kill!
Other Poems of Interest...
EXTRACTS FROM AN OPERA: 2. DAISY'S SONG by JOHN KEATS
TO LUCASTA, [ON] GOING BEYOND THE SEAS by RICHARD LOVELACE
TO MR. GAY, WHO WROTE HIM A CONGRATULATORY LETTER ON FINISHING HOUSE by ALEXANDER POPE
WHITE FIELDS by JAMES STEPHENS
THE COTTON BOLL by HENRY TIMROD
THE BABES IN THE WOOD; OR, THE NORFOLK TRAGEDY by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM
A SUMMER DAY by HENRY CHARLES BEECHING