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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UNTOLD, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poet's Biography First Line: A face may be woeful-white to cover a heart that's / aching Last Line: Alas! For the weary feet that may not rest to-morrow. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Death; Graves; Grief; Heaven; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones; Sorrow; Sadness; Paradise | |||
A FACE may be woeful-white to cover a heart that's aching; And a face may be full of light over a heart that's breaking! 'T is not the heaviest grief for which we wear the willow; The tears bring slow relief which only wet the pillow. Hard may be burdens borne, though friends would fain unbind them; Harder are crosses worn where none save Christ can find them. For the loved who leave our side our souls are well-nigh riven; But ah! for the graves we hide, have pity, tender Heaven! Soft be the words and sweet that soothe the spoken sorrow; Alas! for the weary feet that may not rest to-morrow. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX ARE THE CHILDREN AT HOME? by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER WHITTIER by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER OH, FACE TO FACE WITH TROUBLE by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER |
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