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Poem
July 9, 1893
The Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle, King County, Washington
What is this article about?
A lyrical depiction of a woman's profound agony, with lonesome eyes hoping for light, hands gripping her hair in despair toward God, and a frozen smile defying Fate despite a murdered heart.
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WOMAN'S AGONY
A woman's figure, on a ground of night
Inlaid with silhouettes that dimly star
Down in the lonesome eyes, uplifted there
As in vague hope some alien lance of light
Might pierce their woe.
The hands thus lift,
but aching—
The salt and bitter flood of her despair—
Her hands to back
torrents of her
hair
And grip toward God with anguish infinite.
And Oh, the carven mouth, with all its great
Intensity of looking frozen fast:
In such a smile as well may designate
The slowly murdered heart that, to the last,
Conceals each newer wound, and back at Fate
Throws one smile—"In vain, you wait"
A woman's figure, on a ground of night
Inlaid with silhouettes that dimly star
Down in the lonesome eyes, uplifted there
As in vague hope some alien lance of light
Might pierce their woe.
The hands thus lift,
but aching—
The salt and bitter flood of her despair—
Her hands to back
torrents of her
hair
And grip toward God with anguish infinite.
And Oh, the carven mouth, with all its great
Intensity of looking frozen fast:
In such a smile as well may designate
The slowly murdered heart that, to the last,
Conceals each newer wound, and back at Fate
Throws one smile—"In vain, you wait"
What sub-type of article is it?
Elegy
What themes does it cover?
Death Mourning
What keywords are associated?
Woman Agony
Despair
Fate
Grief
Murdered Heart
Poem Details
Title
Woman's Agony
Key Lines
The Slowly Murdered Heart That, To The Last,
Conceals Each Newer Wound, And Back At Fate
Throws One Smile "In Vain, You Wait"