Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FEAR, by MAUDE PERRY FAETH First Line: Afraid / of dark? That putting out the light Last Line: But glad for every day, when in god's keeping. Subject(s): Fear; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature | ||||||||
Afraid Of dark? that putting out the light That gives us night, To soft enfold and rest us From the noise and glare of day. O send the dark, I pray. Of death? when spirit leaves this clay And soars to endless bliss, Its chrysalis outgrown and in decay. No sorrow then, nor sin, nor dark despair. Why fear the door through which we enter there? Of life? whose buffetings do strengthen us, Whose marks cut deep, because The stone is worth the shaping. Fear life? not I, I say, But glad for every day, when in God's keeping. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL END OF THE WORLD by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE ANSWER by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE BROKEN BALANCE by ROBINSON JEFFERS TIME OF DISTURBANCE by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE UNCHANGEABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV |
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