Famous Death Poems

Classic Death Poems

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A Happy Man By Edwin Arlington Robinson
Votes: 40,  Rating: 4.47 , By Edwin Arlington Robinson
When these graven lines you see,
Traveller, do not pity me;
Though I be among the dead,
Let no mournful word be said.

Children that I leave behind,
And their children, all were ..........
Because I Could Not Stop For Death
Votes: 60,  Rating: 4.27 , By Emily Dickinson
Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And Immortality.

We slowly drove, he knew no haste,
And I had put away
My ..........
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After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes
Votes: 24,  Rating: 4.17 , By Emily Dickinson
After great pain a formal feeling comes--
The nerves sit ceremonious like tombs;
The stiff Heart questions--was it He that bore?
And yesterday--or centuries before?

The feet, ..........
The Cross of Snow
Votes: 35,  Rating: 4.14 , By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
In the long, sleepless watches of the night,
A gentle face--the face of one long dead--
Looks at me from the wall, where round its head
The night-lamp casts a halo of pale light.
Here in ..........
On Another's Sorrow
Votes: 26,  Rating: 4 , By William Blake
Can I see another's woe,
And not be in sorrow too?
Can I see another's grief,
And not seek for kind relief?

Can I see a falling tear,
And not feel my sorrow's share?
Can ..........
Bereavement
Votes: 15,  Rating: 2.73 , By William Lisle Bowles
Whose was that gentle voice, that, whispering sweet,
Promised methought long days of bliss sincere!
Soothing it stole on my deluded ear,
Most like soft music, that might ..........
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