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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE DEATH OF HER BROTHER, FRANCIS I, by MARGARET OF ANGOULEME Poet's Biography First Line: Tis done! A father, mother, gone Last Line: That we may be his own at last! Alternate Author Name(s): Marguerite D'angouleme; Marguerite Of Navarre; Marguerite De Valois Subject(s): Death; Francis I, King Of France (1494-1547); Dead, The | |||
'T is done! A father, mother, gone, A sister, brother, torn away, My hope is now in God alone, Whom heaven and earth alike obey. Above, beneath, to him is known, -- The world's wide compass in his own. I love, -- but in the world no more, Nor in gay hall, or festal bower; Not the fair forms I prized before, -- But him, all beauty, wisdom, power, My Savior, who has cast a chain On sin and ill, and woe and pain! I from my memory have effaced All former joys, all kindred, friends; All honors that my station graced I hold but snares that fortune sends: Hence! joys by Christ at distance cast, That we may be his own at last! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND |
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