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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ABSENT THEE FROM FELICITY AWHILE (HAMLET'S DYING WORDS), by GEORGE ST. CLAIR First Line: When it shall come Last Line: Absent thee from felicity awhile! | |||
When it shall come, As come it must, That I go home Freed from this dust, This clogging shell: Weep no soft tears! This heart, that hears Your grief, knows well Your sorrow; but, with a smile, ABSENT THEE FROM FELICITY AWHILE! Do not beguile The hour with dance or song! But, let your heart be strong To think of me As one set free From pain and wrong! So, with a smile, ABSENT THEE FROM FELICITY AWHILE! In some dim isle, Where spirits roam, I shall forget The crash and foam, The fever and the fret Of tired life; While you, left in the strife, Still, with a smile, ABSENT THEE FROM FELICITY AWHILE! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UPON FIRST SEEING NEW MEXICO MESAS AFTER A TRIP ABROAD by GEORGE ST. CLAIR THE SHIPWRECK, SELECTION by WILLIAM FALCONER ESCAPE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON HOW CYRUS LAID THE CABLE [JULY 29, 1866] by JOHN GODFREY SAXE ON THE THRESHOLD by ASTLEY H. BALDWIN AND THE DREAMERS OF DREAMS by JOHN OSCAR BECK ALFARABI; THE WORLD-MAKER. A RHAPSODICAL FRAGMENT by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES LILIES OF WHITE by UNNUR BENEDIKTDOTTIR BEYOND THE ATOM by JANICE BLANCHARD CARCASSONNE (SUGGESTED BY LORD DUNSANY'S STORY) by BERTON BRALEY |
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