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Poem
January 14, 1883
Daily Los Angeles Herald
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
What is this article about?
A reflective poem on mortality, depicting how nature and life persist unchanged after an individual's death, with people briefly mourning before moving on.
Clipping
OCR Quality
70%
Good
Full Text
If you should die to-day,
The birds would sing the same to-morrow,
The vernal Spring
Its flowers would bring,
And you would think of us with pity
'Oh, he is dead."
Would then be said:
The tombstones gilded o'er the gray dust
The turtle dove,
The humming dove,
And they would bring a new
Joy to your home
They cry, ah me
Remember those who turn to mould:
Beneath the sorrowing churchyard sod cold,
With a name
While face faded
You, it in life
We come and go;
They hail our birth, they mourn our dead;
A day or more,
The Winter o'er,
Another takes our place instead.
The birds would sing the same to-morrow,
The vernal Spring
Its flowers would bring,
And you would think of us with pity
'Oh, he is dead."
Would then be said:
The tombstones gilded o'er the gray dust
The turtle dove,
The humming dove,
And they would bring a new
Joy to your home
They cry, ah me
Remember those who turn to mould:
Beneath the sorrowing churchyard sod cold,
With a name
While face faded
You, it in life
We come and go;
They hail our birth, they mourn our dead;
A day or more,
The Winter o'er,
Another takes our place instead.
What sub-type of article is it?
Elegy
Pastoral
What themes does it cover?
Death Mourning
Nature Seasons
What keywords are associated?
Mortality
Death
Nature
Spring
Birds
Churchyard
Mourning
Poem Details
Form / Style
Rhymed Verse
Key Lines
We Come And Go;
They Hail Our Birth, They Mourn Our Dead;
A Day Or More,
The Winter O'er,
Another Takes Our Place Instead.