Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHY SHOULD I WAIT?, by LILITH LORRAINE First Line: If, as the oriental mystics say Last Line: Why should I wait till death to be reborn? Alternate Author Name(s): Wright, Mary M. Subject(s): Death; Future Life; Jesus Christ; Rebirth; Resurrection, The; Dead, The; Retribution; Eternity; After Life | ||||||||
If, as the oriental mystics say, This flesh is but a veil we cast aside, While spirit in its everlasting glide Flows deathless on between its banks of clay, -- If, as they tell us, death is but a Way To poppied gardens lapped by Lethe's tide, Where memories of old errors are denied That souls may start afresh some kindlier day: Why should I wait the resurrection gong, The trumpet from the vast, unhurried sky? The serpent at the robin's earliest song Casts off his tarnished scales but does not die. So I, new-veiled, shall greet tomorrow's morn -- Why should I wait till death to be reborn? | 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 |
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