Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A FRAGMENT, by ALFRED AUSTIN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Should fickle hands in far-off days Last Line: Would make thee young again. Subject(s): Love; Time | ||||||||
I. SHOULD fickle hands in far-off days No longer stroke thy hair, And lips that once were proud to praise Forget to call thee fair, Sigh but my name, and though I be Mute in the churchyard mould, I will arise and come to thee, And worship as of old. II. And should I meet the wrinkled brow, Or find the silver tress, What were't to me, it would be thou, I could not love thee less. 'Gainst love time wages bootless strife, What now is would be then; The cry that brought me back to life Would make thee young again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND |
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