What is good for fever, except sleep? What is good for love, but to forget? Bury love deep, Deeper than sound sleep, And let Fever drowse a little, and the heart forget. Time shall heal fever, if death come not; What shall heal love, except only death? Though joy be forgot, If death quiet not Thy breath, Time shall waken sorrow in the heart till death. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THIS COMPOST: 2. by WALT WHITMAN THE CRISIS by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE HARLOT'S HOUSE by OSCAR WILDE EL HOMBRE by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS ERRING IN COMPANY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 19. AL-FATTA'H by EDWIN ARNOLD THE FORD OF TRANSFIGURATION by WILLIAM ROSE BENET INCOGNITA IN THE TEMPLE OF THESEUS by SEYMOUR GREEN WHEELER BENJAMIN |