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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SORROW, by KATRINA TRASK Poet Analysis First Line: O thorn-crowned sorrow, pitiless and stern Last Line: Great god, have mercy on my misery! Alternate Author Name(s): Trask, Kate Nichols | |||
O THORN-CROWNED Sorrow, pitiless and stern, I sit alone with broken heart, my head Low bowed, keeping long vigil with my dead. My soul, unutterably sad, doth yearn Beyond relief in tears -- they only burn My aching eyelids to fall back unshed Upon the throbbing brain like molten lead, Making it frenzied. Shall I ever learn To face you fearlessly, as by my door You stand with haunting eyes and death-damp hair, Through the night-watches, whispering solemnly, "Behold, I am thy guest forevermore." It chills my soul to know that you are there. Great God, have mercy on my misery! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOCKED OUT; AS TOLD TO A CHILD by ROBERT FROST STRANGE HURT [SHE KNOWS] by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES THE GHOSTS OF THE BUFFALOES by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY THE LAMP [LAMPE] by HENRY VAUGHAN SORCERY by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 69. AL-MAKUTADIR by EDWIN ARNOLD |
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