Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BURDENED, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dear god! There is no sadder fate in life Last Line: You are but a weak woman at the best. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Fate; Life; Sea; Women; Destiny; Ocean | ||||||||
Dear God! there is no sadder fate in life, Than to be burdened so that you can not Sit down contented with the common lot Of happy mother and devoted wife. To feel your brain wild and your bosom rife With all the sea's commotion; to be fraught With fires and frenzies which you have not sought, And weighed down with the wide world's weary strife. To feel a fever alway in your breast, To lean and hear half in affright, half shame, A loud-voiced public boldly mouth your name, To reap your hard-sown harvest in unrest, And know, however great your meed of fame, You are but a weak woman at the best. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HALL OF OCEAN LIFE by JOHN HOLLANDER JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS |
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