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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SORROW WITHOUT CONSOLATION, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Poet's Biography First Line: O, wherefore shouldst thou try Last Line: Thou'dst rather bid them weep, and seek their comfort so. Subject(s): Comfort; Grief; Love; Tears; Sorrow; Sadness | |||
O, WHEREFORE shouldst thou try The tears of love to dry? Nay, let them flow! For didst thou only know, How barren and how dead Seems everything below, To those who have not tears enough to shed, Thou'dst rather bid them weep, and seek their comfort so. | 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 DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS A SONG FROM THE COPTIC by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE FAUST: SCENE 1. PROLOGUE IN HEAVEN by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE |
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