 | Collected poems of Edwin Arlington Robinson |  |
I
A Happy Man
(Carphyllides)
When these graven lines you see,
Traveler, do not pity me;
Though I be among the dead,
Let no mournful word be said.
Traveler, do not pity me;
Though I be among the dead,
Let no mournful word be said.
Children that I leave behind,
And their children, all were kind;
Near to them and to my wife,
I was happy all my life.
And their children, all were kind;
Near to them and to my wife,
I was happy all my life.
My three sons I married right,
And their sons I rocked at night;
Death nor sorrow ever brought
Cause for one unhappy thought
And their sons I rocked at night;
Death nor sorrow ever brought
Cause for one unhappy thought
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Now, and with no need of tears,
Here they leave me, full of years,—
Leave me to my quiet rest
In the region of the blest.
Here they leave me, full of years,—
Leave me to my quiet rest
In the region of the blest.
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