Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SHALL I LOOK BACK?, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: From some dim height of being, undescried Last Line: Shall I look back and wonder at my fears? Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Subject(s): Past | ||||||||
FROM some dim height of being, undescried, Shall I look back and trace the weary way By which my feet are journeying to-day, -- The toilsome path that climbs the mountain-side Or leads into the valley, sun-denied, Where, through the darkness, hapless wanderers stray, Unblessed, uncheered, ungladdened by a ray Of certitude their errant steps to guide? Shall I look back, and see the great things small; The toilsome path, God's training for my feet, The pains that never had been worth my tears? Will some great light of rapture, bathing all, Make by-gone woe seem joy; past bitter, sweet? Shall I look back and wonder at my fears? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FERGUS FALLING by GALWAY KINNELL A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV LAST THINGS by WILLIAM MEREDITH CHRISTMAS TREE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS THIS MORNING, GOD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A PAINTED FAN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |
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