Fragment [Now Health Forsakes That Angel Face]

Fragment [Now Health Forsakes That Angel Face] - meaning Summary

Grief at a Loved One's Decline

The speaker mourns a loved one’s physical decline and expresses deep despair as health fades. He describes the beloved’s face losing its beauty, sickness eroding hope, and prayers going unanswered. The voice is intimate and urgent, pleading with the heavens while struggling to accept impending death. The short, concentrated stanzas convey raw emotional pain and helplessness rather than narrative detail. Overall the poem is a direct lament about watching someone dear waste away and the speaker’s inability to avert that loss.