Death & Dying
Heartbreak Road
From The Coat Without a Seam (1919)
Death & Dying
As I went up by Heartbreak Road
Before the dawn of day,
The cold mist was all about,
And the wet world was gray;
It seemed that never another soul
Had walked that weary way.
But when I came to Heartbreak Hill,
Silver touched the sea;
I knew that many and many a soul
Was climbing close to me;
I knew I walked that weary way
In a great company.
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MLA
Cone, Helen Gray. “Heartbreak Road.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cone/159/.
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Cone, Helen Gray. “Heartbreak Road.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cone/159/.
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