Friday, May 16, 2008

The Burial Of Love

 

 

The Burial Of Love

by Alfred Lord Tennyson

 

His eyes in eclipse,
Pale-cold his lips,
The light of his hopes unfed,
Mute his tongue,
His bow unstrung
With the tears he hath shed,
Backward drooping his graceful head,
Love is dead:
His last arrow is sped;
He hath not another dart;
Go-carry him to his dark deathbed;
Bury him in the cold, cold heart-
Love is dead.
O truest love! art thou forlorn,
And unrevenged? thy pleasant wiles
Forgotten, and thine innocent joy?
Shall hollow-hearted apathy,
The cruellest form of perfect scorn,
With languor of most hateful smiles,
For ever write,
In the withered light
Of the tearless eye,
And epitaph that all may spy?
No! sooner she herself shall die.

For her the showers shall not fall,
Nor the round sun shine that shineth to all;
Her light shall into darkness change;
For her the green grass shall not spring,
Nor the rivers flow, nor the sweet birds sing,
Till Love have his full revenge.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

 

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

what a powerful poem; hadn't read this one of his before

take care of yourself, Rosemary

hope sunnier days are ahead soon :)

betty

Anonymous said...

Oh so dark and beautiful.  Have a nice weekend.
Hugs, Joyce

Anonymous said...

I like it!  I always like the darker stuff......

::hug hug hug::

~A

Anonymous said...

Enjoy your weekend.
Missie

Anonymous said...

Very Nice!!!

xoxoxDonna