Thoughts on Sadness
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Title
Thoughts on Sadness
Description
How sad and forsaken
How sad is the slumber
But though sad tis to weep
For saddest of any
Oh! such smiles are light shining,
Is that heavy heart,
Where hope cannot waken,Nor sorrow depart!
So sad and so lonelyNo inmate is there,
Save one - and that onlyIs chilling despair.
How sad is the slumber
Long sufferings bring,
Whose visions outnumberThe woes whence they spring.
Unblest such repose is,Its waking is near,
And the eyelid uncloses,Still wet with a tear.
But though sad tis to weep
O'er incurable woes -
Sad the dream-disturbed sleep,Yet far deeper than those
Is the pang of concealingThe woes of the mind
From hearts without feeling -The gay, the unkind.
For saddest of any
Is he of the sad,
Who must smile amongst many,Where many are glad;
Who must join in the laughter,When laughter goes round,
To plunge deeper afterIn grief more profound.
Oh! such smiles are light shining,
On ocean's cold wave,
Or the playful entwiningOf sweets o'er a grave;
And such laugh sorrow spurningAt revelry's calls
Like echoes returningFrom lone empty halls.
Creator
Unattributed
Source
1:26, p. 4
Date
1837.07.01
Collection
Citation
Unattributed, “Thoughts on Sadness,” Periodical Poets, accessed September 19, 2024, https://periodicalpoets.com/items/show/211.
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