Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DE PROFUNDIS, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: You must be troubled, asthore Last Line: Go back and sleep, my dear! Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
YOU must be troubled, Asthore, Because last night you came And stood on the moonlit floor, And called again my name. In dreams I felt your tears, In dreams mine eyes were wet; O, dead for seven long years! And can you not forget? Are you not happy yet? The mass-bell shall be rung, The mass be said and sung, And God will surely hear; Go back and sleep, my dear! You went away when you heard The red cock's clarion crow. You have given my heart a sword, You have given my life a woe, I, who your burden bore, On whom your sorrows fell; You had to travel, Asthore, Your bitter need to tell, And I -- was faring well! The mass-bell shall be rung, The mass be said and sung, And God will surely hear; Go back and sleep, my dear! | 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 |
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