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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
O WANDER NOT SO FAR AWAY!, by EMILY JANE BRONTE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Ellis Subject(s): Togetherness; Death; Dead, The | |||
O wander not so far away! āàO love, forgive this selfish tear; It may be sad for thee to stay, āàBut how can I live lonely here? The still May morn is warm and bright, āàYoung flowers are fresh, and grass is green, And in the haze of glorious light āàOur long low hills are scarcely seen. Our woods-e'en now their young leaves hide āàWhere blackbird and the throstle dwell; And high in heaven so blue and wide āàA thousand strains of Music swell. He looks on all with eyes that speak āàSo deep, so drear a woe to me! There is a faint red on his cheek āàUnlike the bloom I like to see. Call Death-yes Death he is mine own, āàThe grave must close those limbs around, And hush, for ever hush the tone, āàI loved above all earthly sound. Well! pass away with the other flowers; āàToo dark for them, too dark for thee Are the hours to come, the joyless hours, āàThat time is treasuring up for me. If thou hast sinned in this world of woe, āà'Twas but the dust of thy drear abode; Thy soul was pure when it entered here āàAnd pure it will go again to God. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND |
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