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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LONG LIFE, by LOUIS BEVIER JR. Poet's Biography First Line: They have long life who do the will of god Last Line: Reach the far shores of immortality. Variant Title(s): Summer Night Subject(s): Immortality | |||
They have long life who do the will of God, They who, in youthful ardor, place their all At fearful hazard, glad to heed the call And tread the paths of old by heroes trod. At the world's cry for help, their feet they shod With winged sandals, sped to make a wall Of flame invincible. Even those who fall Are victors, though they lie beneath the sod. They live as long as freedom lives, as long As memories of sacrifice endure, As long as spirit, poetry, and song, As surely as God's sovereignty is sure. Their years, though but a score, as blind men see, Reach the far shores of immortality. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WALLACE STEVENS' LETTERS by ROBERT BLY DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING by DAVID IGNATOW I CLOSE MY EYES by DAVID IGNATOW IN 'DESIGNING A CLOAK TO CLOAK HIS DESIGNS' YOU WRESTED FROM OBLIVION by MARIANNE MOORE THE THINGS THAT DIE by GREGORY ORR THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON YOUTH'S IMMORTALITY by GEORGE SANTAYANA |
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