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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEAD LOVE, by MARY MATHEWS ADAMS First Line: Two loves had I. Now both are dead Last Line: And not within a living heart. | |||
Two loves had I. Now both are dead, And both are marked by tombstones white. The one stands in the churchyard near, The other hid from mortal sight. The name on one all men may read, And learn who lies beneath the stone; The other name is written where No eyes can read it but my own. On one I plant a living flower, And cherish it with loving hands; I shun the single withered leaf That tells me where the other stands. To that white tombstone on the hill In summer days I often go; From this white stone that nearer lies I turn me with unuttered woe. O God, I pray, if love must die, And make no more of life a part, Let witness be where all can see, And not within a living heart. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LITTLE BOY FOUND, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE WHEN I'M KILLED by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES ON AN INVITATION TO THE UNITED STATES by THOMAS HARDY TO MY MOTHER by EDGAR ALLAN POE THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 6. THE KISS by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI SONG/FOR SANNA by OLGA BROUMAS DERWENT; AN ODE: MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD by JOHN CARR OUTWARD BOUND by MAUDE E. COLE TO A YOUNG LADY, WITH A POEM ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |
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