Henry Treece

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Henry Treece Death Poems

  • 1.
    Let us go out in the rain, love,
    And keep these memories clean;
    Then stand beneath the sheltering eave
    To fall in love with the moon.
    ...
  • 2.
    Distance nor death shall part us, dear,
    Nor yet the traitor word;
    And love shall live within our home
    As blithe as any bird.
    ...
  • 3.
    The bells of memory sound this summer day
    Down the long alleys of the blue-skied years;
    Shy cowslip, thyme, the haunting scent of hay,
    Pleached gardens nourished by a lover's tears,
    ...
  • 4.
    Death walks through the mind's dark woods,
    Beautiful as aconite,
    A lily-flower in his pale hand
    And eyes like moonstones burning bright.
    ...
  • 5.
    Tears are too small a sign of grief,
    My love, oh my sweet love!
    A child will cry himself to sleep
    As though his golden heart would break,
    ...
Total 5 Death Poems by Henry Treece

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