Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE IMMORTAL GODS, by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN


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THE IMMORTAL GODS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The gods can't die, poor fellows
Last Line: When we are gone to sleep.
Subject(s): Future Life; Immortality; Retribution; Eternity; After Life


THE gods can't die, poor fellows,
Endless lives are theirs;
On clouds they loll forever,
And hearken to our prayers.
They shake the heavens with thunder,
With lighting part the sky,
And curse the fate that made them,
And will not let them die.

The earth is green and tender,
The ocean cool and deep;
'Neath foamy waves and waves of grass
We lay us down to sleep.
The gods pursue with anger,
From cloud to cloud they leap,
But they can never find us
When we are gone to sleep.





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