Death & Dying
The Pain of Earth
From Collected Poems (1913)
Death & Dying
Does the earth grow grey with grief
For her hero darling fled?
Though her vales let fall no leaf,
In our hearts her tears are shed.
Still the stars laugh on above:
Not to them her grief is said;
Mourning for her hero love
In our hearts the tears are shed.
We her children mourn for him,
Mourn the elder hero dead;
In the twilight grey and dim
In our hearts the tears are shed.
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MLA
George William Russell (A.E.). “The Pain of Earth.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/russell_ge/145/.
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George William Russell (A.E.). “The Pain of Earth.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/russell_ge/145/.
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