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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG AND SONNET ON SORROW, by AUBREY DE VERE Poet's Biography First Line: When I was young, I said to sorrow Subject(s): Grief | |||
When I was young, I said to Sorrow, āà"Come, and I will play with thee": āàāàHe is near me now all day āàāàAnd at night returns to say, I will come again to-morrow, āàI will come and stay with thee." Through the woods we walk together; āàHis soft footsteps rustle nigh me; āàāàTo shield an unregarded head, āàāàHe hath built a winter shed; And all night in rainy weather, āàI hear his gentle breathings by me. | 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 I HAVE FOLDED MY SORROWS by BOB KAUFMAN |
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