Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AGE, by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN Poet's Biography First Line: Then life grows cold Last Line: Light up the sky. Subject(s): Aging; Old Age | ||||||||
THEN life grows cold, And we are old; The fire burns low, And Winter's snow Falls through twilight air, And everywhere Is stillness and regret; And we forget All save the early day, So far away; When life is lonely, And we only Have ceaseless quest Seeking for rest That lingers on the way, As loth to stay With dull and frosty age; Who shall our grief assuage The weak regret and dole Of a poor trembling soul, With healing words console? Friend of the early day, If still there stay With us Thy presence dear, Nor grief nor fear, Nor sins that we deplore, Can wound us sore. There never can be grief, But Thy relief Shall fall like summer rain, That brings again The glad sweet flowers of spring. And so at last, Our work well done, Unmoved, we'll view The swift descending sun Go down for aye; And, one by one, the twinkling stars Light up the sky. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT EIGHTY I CHANGE MY VIEW by DAVID IGNATOW FAWN'S FOSTER-MOTHER by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE DEER LAY DOWN THEIR BONES by ROBINSON JEFFERS OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A WINTER ODE TO THE OLD MEN OF LUMMUS PARK, / MIAMI, FLORIDA by DONALD JUSTICE AFTER A LINE BY JOHN PEALE BISHOP by DONALD JUSTICE TO HER BODY, AGAINST TIME by ROBERT KELLY SONG FROM A COUNTRY FAIR by LEONIE ADAMS A MODERN PREACHER by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN |
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