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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
STANZAS; HOOD'S LAST POEM, by THOMAS HOOD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Farewell, life! My senses swim Last Line: I smell the rose above the mold! Variant Title(s): Farewell, Life; Written During Sickness, April, 1845 Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | |||
Farewell, life! my senses swim, And the world is growing dim; Thronging shadows cloud the light, Like the advent of the night, -- Colder, colder, colder still, Upward steals a vapor chill; Strong the earthly odor grows, -- I smell the mold above the rose! Welcome, life! the spirit strives! Strength returns and hope revives; Cloudy fears and shapes forlorn Fly like shadows at the morn, -- O'er the earth there comes a bloom; Sunny light for sullen gloom, Warm perfume for vapor cold, -- I smell the rose above the mold! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND |
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