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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEN NATURE HATH BETRAYED THE HEART THAT LOVED HER, by SOPHIE JEWETT Poet's Biography First Line: The gray waves rock against the gray skyline Last Line: I cannot bear the still grief of the sky. Alternate Author Name(s): Burroughs, Ellen | |||
THE gray waves rock against the gray skyline, And break complaining on the long gray sand, Here where I sit, who cannot understand Their voice of pain, nor this dumb pain of mine; For I, who thought to fare till my days end, Armed sorrow-proof in sorrow, having known How hearts bleed slow when brave lips make no moan, How Life can torture, how Death may befriend When Love entreats him hasten, -- even I, Who feared no human anguish that may be, I cannot bear the loud grief of the sea, I cannot bear the still grief of the sky. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SMILING DEMON OF NOTRE DAME by SOPHIE JEWETT FROM OVER-SEA by SOPHIE JEWETT OF TRANSIENT BEAUTY by SOPHIE JEWETT THE LEAST OF CAROLS by SOPHIE JEWETT WHEN BEAUTY DIES by SOPHIE JEWETT THE BURIAL OF BOSTON CORBETT (ONE WARDEN TO ANOTHER) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS ON THE EXPECTED GENERAL RISING OF THE FRENCH NATION IN 1792 by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |
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