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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON BEING TOLD THAT' TIME CURES SORROW, by RUTH SHEPARD PHELPS Poet's Biography First Line: My grief has vanquished me Last Line: "ah, that was years ago." Subject(s): Grief; Time; Sorrow; Sadness | |||
My grief has vanquished me, I cannot bear my pain. My tears fall steadily, Like dull November rain. Yet worst of all is this: The day will come, I know, To say of my lost bliss, "Ah, that was years ago." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS HIS LOVERS TO ARTHUR UPSON by RUTH SHEPARD PHELPS |
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