THRENODY There's a grass-grown road from the valley— A winding road and steep— That leads to the quiet hilltop, Where lies your love asleep.... @3While mine is lying, God knows where, A hundred fathoms deep.@1 I saw you kneel at a grave-side— How still a grave can be, Wrapped in the tender starlight, Far from the moaning sea! @3But through all dreams and starlight, The breakers call to me.@1 Oh, steep is your way to Silence— But steeper the ways I roam; For never a road can take me Beyond the wind and foam, @3And never a road can reach him Who lies so far from home.@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SOUVENIR by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE RETIRED CAT by WILLIAM COWPER THE DANCE OF THE SEVIN DEIDLY SYNNIS by WILLIAM DUNBAR PROMETHEUS by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS HOOD by BARTHOLOMEW SIMMONS VIRGILS GNAT by EDMUND SPENSER SEVEN SAD SONNETS: 6. THE WANDERING ONE MAKES MUSIC by MARY REYNOLDS ALDIS |