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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE AND DEATH, by SAROJINI NAIDU Poet's Biography First Line: I dreamed my love had set thy spirit free Last Line: Or save thee from the swift decrees of death. Subject(s): Death; Immortality; Love - Loss Of; Dead, The | |||
I DREAMED my love had set thy spirit free, Enfranchised thee from Fate's o'ermastering power, And girt thy being with a scatheless dower Of rich and joyous immortality; Of Love, I dreamed my soul had ransomed thee, In thy lone, dread, incalculable hour From those pale hands at which all mortals cower, And conquered Death by Love, like Savitri. When I awoke, alas, my love was vain E'en to annul one throe of destined pain, Or by one heart-beat to prolong thy breath; O Love, alas, that love could not assuage The burden of thy human heritage, Or save thee from the swift decrees of Death. | 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 A CHALLENGE TO FATE by SAROJINI NAIDU |
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