Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OFFERING TO A DEAD FRIEND, by CHARLES VAN LERBERGHE Poet's Biography First Line: I bring these flowers, these pure white flow'rs to you in your night Last Line: They are silence too. Subject(s): Death; Flowers; Friendship; Dead, The | ||||||||
I BRING these flowers, these pure white flow'rs, to you in your night, For they are light. To your heart that slumbers, your eyes that see not, I offer these, For they are peace. To your voice now faint in the mighty wind of the air you drew: They are silence too. | 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 THE LORD SPOKE by CHARLES VAN LERBERGHE |
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