Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BOOK OF VISIONS: ETERNITY, by PAUL FORT First Line: One does not need to credit death. The human heart to rest is fain Last Line: One does not need to credit death. Subject(s): Death; Future Life; Hearts; Dead, The; Retribution; Eternity; After Life | ||||||||
One does not need to credit death. The human heart to rest is fain. O'er sleeping fields the evening's breath dreams, and I hear eternity chime in the bending ears of grain. "Hark. An angelus dies in heaven's blue height." Be comforted. Hours pass away. Hushed is the belfry? God doth wake. The nightingale salutes the day, hid in the turret's rose-tree brake, and, in its turn, will mourn the night. "Hark. Once again the hour doth swell." But the bell's already fast asleep. Eternity is chiming deep borne by the sweet, tormented breath of zephyr and of Philomel. One does not need to credit death. | 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 PORTFOLIO OF SKETCHES: THE LITTLE ANNUITANT by PAUL FORT |
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