Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AFTER WORK, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY First Line: Lord, when thou seest that my work is done Last Line: Will I come. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Future Life; Religion; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Theology | ||||||||
Lord, when Thou seest that my work is done, Let me not linger on, With failing powers, Adown the weary hours, -- A workless worker in a world of work. But, with a word, Just bid me home, And I will come Right gladly, -- Yea, right gladly Will I come. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY A NEW EARTH by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY |
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