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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RESURRECTION, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poet's Biography First Line: I buried joy; and early to the tomb Last Line: Who dared to dream that joy, my joy, could die! Subject(s): Death, Return From; Immortality | |||
I BURIED Joy; and early to the tomb I came to weep—so sorrowful was I Who had not dreamed that Joy, my Joy, could die. I turned away, and by my side stood Joy All glorified—ah, so ashamed was I Who dared to dream that Joy, my Joy, could die! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WALLACE STEVENS' LETTERS by ROBERT BLY DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING by DAVID IGNATOW I CLOSE MY EYES by DAVID IGNATOW IN 'DESIGNING A CLOAK TO CLOAK HIS DESIGNS' YOU WRESTED FROM OBLIVION by MARIANNE MOORE THE THINGS THAT DIE by GREGORY ORR THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON YOUTH'S IMMORTALITY by GEORGE SANTAYANA A CHRISTMAS CHILD by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY |
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