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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SEPARATION, by MARTHA GILBERT DICKINSON First Line: There be many kinds of parting - yes, I know Last Line: Alone were less alone. | |||
THERE be many kinds of parting -- yes, I know Some with fond, grieving eyes that overflow, Some with brave hands that strengthen as they go; Ah yes, I know -- I know. But there be partings harder still to tell, That fall in silence, like an evil spell, Without one wistful message of farewell; Ah yes, too hard to tell. There is no claiming of one sacred kiss, -- One token for the days when life shall miss A spirit from the world of vanished bliss; Ah no -- not even this. There is no rising ere the birds have sung Their skyward songs, to journey with the sun, -- Nor folded hands to show that life is done; Ah no, for life is young. There are no seas, no mountains rising wide, No centuries of absence to divide, -- Just soul-space, standing daily side by side; Ah, wiser to have died. Hands still clasp hands, eyes still reflect their own; -- Yet had one over universes flown, So far each heart hath from the other grown, Alone were less alone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FORGIVENESS LANE by MARTHA GILBERT DICKINSON HEAVEN by MARTHA GILBERT DICKINSON HER MUSIC by MARTHA GILBERT DICKINSON REALITY by MARTHA GILBERT DICKINSON UNANSWERED by MARTHA GILBERT DICKINSON STANZAS WRITTEN ON THE ROAD BETWEEN FLORENCE AND PISA by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE SONG OF THE SMOKE by WILLIAM EDWARD BURGHARDT DU BOIS THE HOUSE WITH NOBODY IN IT by ALFRED JOYCE KILMER A VISION OF CONNAUGHT IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY by JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE: BOOK 1. CANTO 2. PRELUDE: LOVE AT LARGE by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE COME HOME by WILLIAM HERVEY ALLEN JR. PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 70, 71. MUKADDIM, MUWAKHIR by EDWIN ARNOLD |
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