Oh! a haunted heart is a weight to bear!
Mrs. Hemans.
My brow is burning
And my heart is yearning
With wishes infinite, and longings vain,
For thee passing away
Into eternal day,
Whom I shall look on, never more again.
I would not stay thy flight
From this our earthly night
I would but watch thee till thy life depart;
Not in the busy street,
Walk with unwilling feet,
Because they may not wander with my heart.
Upon the shows of life,
Pleasure, and care, and strife,
My eye is gazing but can nought behold;
Save the close-curtained room,
Where, through the still, sad gloom,
A face is shining that must soon be cold.
Nor can the city’s din
Better an entrance win
Into the sealed chamber of mine ear;
There, whispers faint and brief,
Uttered of love and grief,
Are pealing louder than the trumpet near.
No object can I see
But thy abode and thee,
Too much, alas! of every thought is thine;
Dreams place me by thy side,
But day-light parts us wide,
And then with longing thoughts I vainly pine.
But oh! is this like Him,
Who when death’s shadow dim
Fell on the friend in whom his heart reposed,
Suffered no earthly mood
Upon his soul intrude,
And went not to him till the grave was closed!
(Mary Jane Jewsbury)
More Poetry from Mary Jane Jewsbury:
Mary Jane Jewsbury Poems based on Topics: Love, Sadness, Mind, Life, Dreams, Friendship, Grief, Faces, Thought & Thinking, Cities, Pleasure- Dreams Of Heaven (Mary Jane Jewsbury Poems)
- The First Sacrifice (Mary Jane Jewsbury Poems)
- Poetical Portraits (Mary Jane Jewsbury Poems)
- To My Own Heart (Mary Jane Jewsbury Poems)
- The Oceanides IV (Mary Jane Jewsbury Poems)
- Lines Written After Reading Sir Edward Seaward's Narrative (Mary Jane Jewsbury Poems)
Readers Who Like This Poem Also Like:
Based on Topics: Love Poems, Life Poems, Mind Poems, Sadness Poems, Faces Poems, Dreams Poems, Friendship Poems, Thought & Thinking Poems, Grief Poems, Cities Poems, Pleasure PoemsBased on Keywords: hemans, close-curtained