Queen, widowed Mother of a widowed child,
Whose ancient sorrow goeth forth to meet
Her new-born sorrow with parental feet,
And tearful eyes that oft on hers have smiled,
Will not your generous heart be now beguiled
From its too lonely anguish, as You greet
Her anguish, yet more cruel and complete,
And, through her woe, with woe be reconciled?
Or if this may not be, and all the years
Of love's bereavement be withal too brief
To bring slow solace to still lengthening grief
For loss of One whom distance but endears,
Surely to Both will come some sad relief,
Sharing the comfort of commingled tears.
A Meeting
Alfred Austin
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Poem topics: I love you, child, grief, heart, lonely, loss, mother, sad, bring, generous, ancient, queen, relief, complete, slow, comfort, distance, love, sorrow, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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