Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLD AGE, by CAROLINE CLIVE First Line: Thou hast been wrong'd, I think old age Last Line: Then turn to grey and are at rest. Alternate Author Name(s): V; Meysey-wigley, Caroline Subject(s): Old Age | ||||||||
THOU hast been wrong'd, I think old age; Thy sovereign reign comes not in wrath, Thou call'st us home from pilgrimage, Spreadest the seat and clear'st the hearth. The hopes and fears that shook our youth, By thee are turn'd to certainty; I see my boy become a man, I hold my girl's girl on my knee. Whate'er of good has been, dost thou In the departed past make sure; Whate'er has changed from weal to woe, Thy comrade Death stands nigh to cure. And once or twice in age there shines Brief gladness, as when winter weaves In frosty days o'er naked trees, A sudden splendor of white leaves. The past revives, and thoughts return, Which kindled once the youthful breast; They light us, though no more they burn, Then turn to grey and are at rest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT EIGHTY I CHANGE MY VIEW by DAVID IGNATOW FAWN'S FOSTER-MOTHER by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE DEER LAY DOWN THEIR BONES by ROBINSON JEFFERS OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A WINTER ODE TO THE OLD MEN OF LUMMUS PARK, / MIAMI, FLORIDA by DONALD JUSTICE AFTER A LINE BY JOHN PEALE BISHOP by DONALD JUSTICE TO HER BODY, AGAINST TIME by ROBERT KELLY |
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