Still his little grave she seeketh
In her mother-sorrow wild,
Hush! While in her heart she speaketh
To the spirit of her child:
-Were we not to one another
Once the sum of all sweet gain?
Say then-say unto thy mother,
Shall we ever meet again?
Darling, shall we meet again,
Knowing, loving one another?
-Ah! What weary, weary sorrows
Have I known through loss of thee,
And what comfortless to-morrows
Wait me in this misery!
Were we not to one another
Once the sum of all sweet gain?
Say then-say unto thy mother,
Shall we ever meet again?
Darling, shall we meet again,
Knowing, loving one another?â?
But the wind alone is heard
Sighing in reply,
Where the long grave-grass is stirred
As it floweth by.
Asking In Vain
Charles Harpur
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Poem topics: alone, child, heart, loss, sorrow, wind, wild, grass, wait, long, spirit, sweet, grave, gain, mother, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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