Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GREAT QUESTION, by ALICE CARY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The waves, they are wildly heaving Last Line: And never be sick any more. Subject(s): Future Life; Retribution; Eternity; After Life | ||||||||
THE waves, they are wildly heaving, And bearing me out from the shore, And I know of the things I am leaving, But not of the things before. O Lord of love, whom the shape of a dove Came down and hovered o'er, Descend to-night with heavenly light, And show me the farther shore. There is midnight darkness o'er me, And 't is light, more light, I crave; The billows behind and before me Are gaping, each with a grave: Descend to-night, O Lord of might, Who died our souls to save; Descend to-night, my Lord, my Light, And walk with me on the wave! My heart is heavy to breaking Because of the mourners' sighs, For they cannot see the awak'ning, Nor the body with which we arise. Thou, who for sake of men didst break The awful seal of the tomb -- Show them the way into life, I pray, And the body with which we come! Comfort their pain and pining For the nearly wasted sands, With the many mansions shining In the house not made with hands: And help them by faith to see through death To that brighter and better shore, Where they never shall weep who are fallen asleep And never be sick any more. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IKON: THE HARROWING OF HELL by DENISE LEVERTOV LEEK STREET by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR UNABLE TO FIND by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE AFTERLIFE: LETTER TO STEPHEN DOBYNS 3 by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE AFTERLIFE: LETTER TO STEPHEN DOBYNS: 1 by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE AFTERLIFE: LETTER TO STEPHEN DOBYNS: 2 by HAYDEN CARRUTH WRITING IN THE AFTERLIFE by BILLY COLLINS A SPINSTER'S STINT by ALICE CARY |
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