Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIFE AND DEATH: 2, by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH Poet's Biography First Line: Or endless sleep 'twill be, - and that is rest Last Line: Into the unknown, air on golden wing. Subject(s): Death; Freedom; Future Life; Dead, The; Liberty; Retribution; Eternity; After Life | ||||||||
OR endless sleep 't will be, -- and that is rest, Freedom forever from life's weary cares -- Or else a life beyond the climbing stairs And dizzy pinnacles of thought expressed In symbols such as in our mortal breast Are framed by time and space; -- life that upbears The soul by a law untried amid these snares Of sense that make it a too willing guest. So sleep or waking were a boon divine. Yet why this inextinguishable thirst, This hope, this faith that to existence cling? Nay e'en the poor dark chrysalis some fine Ethereal creature prisons, till it burst Into the unknown, air on golden wing. | 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 CORRESPONDENCES; HEXAMETERS AND PENTAMETERS by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH |
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