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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ABSENCE, by EMILY JANE BRONTE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: From our evening fireside now Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Ellis Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation | |||
From our evening fireside now Merry laugh and cheerful tone, Smiling eye and cloudless brow, Mirth and music all are flown. Yet the grass before the door Grows as green in April rain, And as blithely as of yore Larks have poured their daylong strain. Is it fear or is it sorrow Checks the frequent stream of joy? Do we tremble that to-morrow May our present peace destroy? For past misery are we weeping? What is past can hurt no more; And the gracious heavens are keeping Aid for that which lies before. One is absent, and for one, Cheerless, chill is our hearthstone. One is absent, and for him Cheeks are pale and eyes are dim. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EVENING OF THE MIND by DONALD JUSTICE CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME by JANE KENYON THE PROBLEM by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN THIS UNMENTIONABLE FEELING by DAVID LEHMAN |
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