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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONSOLATION, by ALFRED DE MUSSET Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Poor restless mortal, creature of a day! Last Line: Twill live forever with thy soul on high! Subject(s): Consolation; Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) | |||
Poor restless mortal, creature of a day! Why dost thou mourn? who wakes thy plaintive sigh? What though thy soul be sorrow's tearful prey, That soul is deathless, and thy tears will dry. Thou art the victim of some woman's whim, Thy heart is crushed by one who cannot feel: Thou seekest God, imploring aid from Him— Thy soul is deathless, and thy heart will heal. Thou say'st, unmann'd by transitory sorrow, The Past conceals the Future from thy sight: Weep not for yesterday, await to-morrow— Thy soul is deathless—Time pursues his flight. Thy body faints beneath thy spirit's woe— Thy limbs are feeble, and thy brow doth bend— Go, kneel in prayer, insensate creature! go— Thy soul is deathless: life will quickly end. Thy bones to dust shall crumble in the bier— Thy memory, name and glory, all must die— But not thy love: if love to thee be dear, 'Twill live forever with thy soul on high! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A LITTLE LANGUAGE by ROBERT DUNCAN IN HELL WITH VIRG AND DAN: CANTO 17 by CAROLYN KIZER ON A PALMETTO by SIDNEY LANIER NATIONE NON MORIBUS (1265-1321) by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS TO DANTE by VITTORIO AMEDEO ALFIERI SONNET: INSCRIPTION FOR A PORTRAIT OF DANTE by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO DANTE by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT A DEAD WOMAN by ALFRED DE MUSSET |
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