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poem
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Books and Literature Asked by: yvonnez-ga List Price: $10.00 |
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05 Jan 2003 14:39 PST
Expires: 04 Feb 2003 14:39 PST Question ID: 137971 |
I'm trying to find the name of a poem, the first line is "Ah, see! She sleeps in perfect rest,". How can I find this poem? |
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Re: poem
From: pinkfreud-ga on 05 Jan 2003 15:02 PST |
I haven't been able to find any references to the line you quote. Sometimes even the smallest of clues can be helpful to Researchers, so if you remember anything further about the poem, or if you can recall where and when you read this poem, please let us know. |
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Re: poem
From: yvonnez-ga on 05 Jan 2003 16:07 PST |
I have almost the entire poem...missing a few of the words. I cut it out years ago from a newspaper and didnt do it very carefully. Here's the entire poem. Ah, see! She sleeps in perfect rest, Still as the flowers above her breast; A statue of repose she seems, Unvexed by any earthly dreams; Gods angel, men call Death, hath brought, Gods peace, that passeth human thought. Of care and weariness and pain No haunting memories remain. From night of earth her spirit wakes e the eternal morning breaks. ess and age have passed away; nds her sweet,lost youth to-day. She has gone out from the home so dear Made by her presence bright with cheer. Since, as a bride, she came to be Homes angel of sweet ministry, - To enter Homes eternal door Whence none go out forevermore. ove her rest we speak her praise- the loving heart, the winning ways |
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Re: poem
From: tehuti-ga on 05 Jan 2003 16:13 PST |
Was this taken from a death notice by any chance? Some newspapers keep a selection of verse that people can choose to include in such a notice. Often this is not by known poets, but written perhaps by newspaper staff or readers. |
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Re: poem
From: journalist-ga on 05 Jan 2003 23:17 PST |
It may also have been written by a family member and the tone seems Victorian. On the second missing line, "weariness" might be the missing word. I'll study the poem and see if I can offer more suggestions for the missing words. |
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Re: poem
From: journalist-ga on 05 Jan 2003 23:18 PST |
Nope, nix weariness. It is in the first line of the stanza and probably wasn't repeated. |
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Re: poem
From: journalist-ga on 05 Jan 2003 23:30 PST |
Each line has eight beats, so here are my guesses: From night of earth her spirit wakes As the eternal morning breaks. ____ness and age have passed away; She finds her sweet,lost youth to-day. Above her rest we speak her praise- ___ the loving heart, the winning ways (this line already has eight beats so I'm not certain what might go here.) Hope this helps. |
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Re: poem
From: journalist-ga on 05 Jan 2003 23:41 PST |
*While* the eternal morning breaks. Sorry to post so many comments but I love a good puzzle. :) |
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Re: poem
From: yvonnez-ga on 06 Jan 2003 04:27 PST |
Thank you all for your comments. Please keep up the suggestions to fill in the missing words. I would like to include this in a Memorial Service for my Mom on February 1st. Yvonne |
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Re: poem
From: quicktype-ga on 06 Jan 2003 08:23 PST |
I would venture to suggest it might be "illness" (or sickness, but I think illness is more likely) "and age have passed away." |
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Re: poem
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Re: poem
From: journalist-ga on 13 Feb 2003 07:36 PST |
Though your date for the service has passed, I am going to post what I think is the complete poem based on my guesses and other comments, and in keeping with what I believe is the meter of the verse: Ah, see! She sleeps in perfect rest, Still as the flowers above her breast; A statue of repose she seems, Unvexed by any earthly dreams; Gods angel, men call Death, hath brought, Gods peace, that passeth human thought. Of care and weariness and pain No haunting memories remain. From night of earth her spirit wakes While the eternal morning breaks. Illness and age have passed away; She finds her sweet,lost youth to-day. She has gone out from the home so dear Made by her presence bright with cheer. Since, as a bride, she came to be Homes angel of sweet ministry, - To enter Homes eternal door Whence none go out forevermore. Above her rest we speak her praise- Of the loving heart, the winning ways. |
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