They had lived and known glory, and then they were ddead. She was alive and they were not, and nothing but a heartbeat separated her from them

Rosie Thomas
They had lived and known glory, and then they were...
They had lived and known glory, and then they were...
They had lived and known glory, and then they were...
They had lived and known glory, and then they were...
About This Quote

William Wordsworth’s Poem “Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood” is a poem about the aftermath of war. The speaker in this poem is a mother who has lost her son. She knows that she will never be reunited with him, but she is comforted by the image of her childhood, when she was with him and they were alive. She will always remember the way he looked at her, his love for her, and how he will live on in her memory.

Source: Iris & Ruby

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