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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEAD FIRES, by JESSIE REDMOND FAUSET Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If this is peace, this dead and leaden thing Last Line: Than passion's death! | |||
If this is peace, this dead and leaden thing, Then better far the hateful fret, the sting. Better the wound forever seeking balm Than this gray calm! If this pain's surcease? Better far the ache, The long-drawn dreary day, the night's white wake, Better the choking sigh, the sobbing breath Than passion's death! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENIGMA by JESSIE REDMOND FAUSET LA VIE C'EST LA VIE by JESSIE REDMOND FAUSET WALT WHITMAN by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON A NOCTURNAL UPON ST. LUCY'S DAY, BEING THE SHORTEST DAY by JOHN DONNE WHEN MALINDY SINGS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE BRACELET: TO JULIA by ROBERT HERRICK BROTHERS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON TO ELIZABETH, COUNTESS OF RUTLAND by BEN JONSON THE SISTERS by JOHN BANISTER TABB |
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