The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Broken Hearted

K. S.. "Broken Hearted." New York Saturday Press. (1859-3-15).
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

Gravestones and mourners "boast" the day of a person's death, participating in a "sacred lie": people die when hope dies, yet no one marks the death of hope.