Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE VANISHED YEARS, by JEANNETTE AUGUSTUS MARKS


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THE VANISHED YEARS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I climb them step by step
Last Line: I do not know.
Subject(s): Time


I

I climb them step by step --
The vanished years.
Stumbling, I pause to look below
Down wells of time, so black, so deep
Their waters keep
No sound,
Nor show a star,
Nor hold a memory.

II

Sometimes I kneel and look above
That dark stairway
At years to come;
My fingers clasp my fears,
Where my hopes go.
Up there beyond that last, gray step,
Afar,
Within that roof of mist,
What is that shape in flight,
Dim, strong and slow?

III

"A wing," some say;
Some answer, "Love";
And some say, "Night
And sleep."
But I?
I do not know.





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