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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PRICE, by WILLIAM CANTON Poet's Biography First Line: A man lived fifty years - joy dashed with tears Last Line: God paid — and thought it cheap. Subject(s): Death; Singing & Singers; David (bible); Dead, The; Songs | |||
A MAN lived fifty years — joy dashed with tears; Loved, toiled; had wife and child, and lost them; died; And left of all his long life's work one little song. That lasted — nought beside. Like the Monk Felix' bird, that song was heard; Doubt prayed, Faith soared, Death smiled itself to sleep; That song saved souls. You say — The man paid stiffly? Nay. God paid — and thought it cheap. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE APOLLO TRIO by CONRAD AIKEN BAD GIRL SINGING by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 4 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 5 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE THE SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE IS LIKE THE SCENT OF SYRINGA by MINA LOY |
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