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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ABSENT THEE FROM FELICITY AWHILE (HAMLET'S DYING WORDS), by GEORGE ST. CLAIR First Line: When it shall come Last Line: Absent thee from felicity awhile! | |||
When it shall come, As come it must, That I go home Freed from this dust, This clogging shell: Weep no soft tears! This heart, that hears Your grief, knows well Your sorrow; but, with a smile, ABSENT THEE FROM FELICITY AWHILE! Do not beguile The hour with dance or song! But, let your heart be strong To think of me As one set free From pain and wrong! So, with a smile, ABSENT THEE FROM FELICITY AWHILE! In some dim isle, Where spirits roam, I shall forget The crash and foam, The fever and the fret Of tired life; While you, left in the strife, Still, with a smile, ABSENT THEE FROM FELICITY AWHILE! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UPON FIRST SEEING NEW MEXICO MESAS AFTER A TRIP ABROAD by GEORGE ST. CLAIR SUMMER NIGHT-BROADWAY by LOUIS UNTERMEYER SECRECY PROTESTED by THOMAS CAREW MODERN LOVE: 43 by GEORGE MEREDITH ODE TO THE CONNECTICUT RIVER by JOSIAS LYNDON ARNOLD THE CONCLUSION OF A LETTER TO THE REV. MR. C --. by MARY BARBER THE UNKNOWN WOMAN by ALEXANDER (ALEKSANDR) ALEXANDROVICH BLOK |
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