This poem was included in the original 1915 edition.
MAURICE, weep not, I am not here under this pine tree. The balmy air of spring whispers through the sweet grass, The stars sparkle, the whippoorwill calls, But thou grievest, while my soul lies rapturous In the blest Nirvana of eternal light! Go to the good heart that is my husband Who broods upon what he calls our guilty love:-- Tell him that my love for you, no less than my love for him Wrought out my destiny-- that through the flesh I won spirit, and through spirit, peace. There is no marriage in heaven But there is love.
, 8 months ago
yes, this must have been extremely offensive to inhabitants of Masters' home places in 1915 when published. I think he was brave indeed to write this poem & end it in this way. actually, I would contend that if heaven exists, Masters is quite correct about how it would be. what need, in heaven, for such a gimcrack jerryrigged darnednearimpossible institution as marriage?
, 8 months ago
i can relate to what u are going through
, 8 months ago
u are so stupid bitch
, 7 months ago
IM SORRY GUYS! THE THING WOULDNT LET ME COMMENT SO ASHLEYS COMMENT WAS A LITTLE EARLY :D haha
this poem is the bomb digg...
dont hate the plaaya hate the game...
yes the game of poetry!
you wish you were as cool as her!!!
but i still love you guys!!
xDDD
, 3 months ago
Sarah Brown's statement that there is no marriage in heaven is a Biblical allusion. Jesus says in Luke 20:34, "The people of this age marry and are given in marriage. But those who are considered worthy of taking part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage, and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God's children, since they are children of the resurrection."
, 3 months ago
i fucken hate diz poem take out itz stupid
i could do better poems in my sleep
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Jay Bushman , 8 months ago
"There is no marriage in heaven
But there is love."
This must have been so offensive to many of Masters's readers.