'Twas comfort in her Dying Room To hear the living Clock - A short relief to have the wind Walk boldly up and knock - Diversion from the Dying Theme To hear the children play - But wrong the more That these could live And this of ours must die. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOLIDAY AT HAMPTON COURT by JOHN DAVIDSON FIRST OR LAST (SONG) by THOMAS HARDY FONTENOY, 1745: 1. BEFORE THE BATTLE: NIGHT by EMILY LAWLESS BATUSCHKA by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 76. YA WALI by EDWIN ARNOLD IN EMULATION OF MR. COWLEYS POEM CALL'D THE MOTTO by MARY ASTELL THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 9: GREAT WESTERN DAYS by T. BAKER SONNETS OF MANHOOD: SONNET 24. BALCOMBE FOREST by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |