Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AS IN A GLASS: 1. TIME, by CLARA PLATT MEADOWCROFT


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AS IN A GLASS: 1. TIME, by                    
First Line: Through this dark cavern I carry a torch to light me
Last Line: Time is the torch I carry in my hand.
Subject(s): Caves; Light; Caverns


Through this dark cavern I carry a torch to light me,
Walking within a little circle of brightness;
Behind me the shadows dwindle away;
Ahead they tower above me;
And I pass along with my torch.

You are safe in the dark, you are far in the past behind me;
It is only the flickering of my torch that makes these menacing shadows.
If I dared dash that flame to the ground and put out the glare that blinds me,
Could I not then look back and see, by another light, dim in the darkness,
All the things I have known and those I shall know, --
Enduring together?
Should I not then see you, still standing beside me,
And past and present and future,
One, and not three?

Casting a flickering ray behind and before me,
Lighting a wavering circle about me,
Time is the torch I carry in my hand.





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