Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON RECEIVING A BRANCH OF MEZEREON WHICH FLOWERED AT WOODSTOCK, by MARY TIGHE Poet's Biography First Line: Odours of spring, my sense ye charm Last Line: Who asks your lingering thoughts. Alternate Author Name(s): Blachford, Mary Subject(s): Grief; Life; Sorrow; Sadness | ||||||||
Odours of Spring, my sense ye charm With fragrance premature; And, mid these days of dark alarm, Almost to hope allure. Methinks with purpose soft ye come To tell of brighter hours, Of May's blue skies, abundant bloom, Her sunny gales and showers. Alas! for me shall May in vain The powers of life restore; These eyes that weep and watch in pain Shall see her charms no more. No, no, this anguish cannot last! Beloved friends, adieu! The bitterness of death were past, Could I resign but you. But oh! in every mortal pang That rends my soul from life, That soul, which seems on you to hang Through each convulsive strife, Even now, with agonizing grasp Of terror and regret, To all in life its love would clasp Clings close and closer yet. Yet why, immortal, vital spark! Thus mortally opprest? Look up, my soul, through prospects dark, And bid thy terrors rest; Forget, forego thy earthly part, Thine heavenly being trust: Ah, vain attempt! my coward heart Still shuddering clings to dust. Oh ye! who sooth the pangs of death With love's own patient care, Still, still retain this fleeting breath, Still pour the fervent prayer: And ye, whose smile must greet my eye No more, nor voice my ear, Who breathe for me the tender sigh, And shed the pitying tear, Whose kindness (though far far removed) My grateful thoughts perceive, Pride of my life, esteemed, beloved, My last sad claim receive! Oh! do not quite your friend forget, Forget alone her faults; And speak of her with fond regret Who asks your lingering thoughts. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS |
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