I SAW where women's hearts were hung, Like fruit upon a tree, And Time himself leaned on his scythe And eyed them wearily. One heart hung there so deeply marked, So eaten by the flame, That all its substance seemed to be One sole consuming name. And men cried out, "Find us such hearts That our names, too, be hid Within and heralded without!" But Time said, "God forbid!" "None ever branded deep as this In the wholesome light of day, Nor wielded tools so fiercely hot To go unscathed away." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EIGHT O'CLOCK by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN ZION, OR THE CITY OF GOD by JOHN NEWTON STRANGE MEETING by WILFRED OWEN THE NEW TIMON AND THE POETS by ALFRED TENNYSON PIONEERS! O PIONEERS! by WALT WHITMAN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER (DEDICATED TO MISS ELLA F. KENNEDY) by SARA S. BASHEFKIN |