Classic and Contemporary Poetry
STARRY HEAVENS WITHOUT, by PTOLEMAEUS OF ALEXANDER Poet's Biography First Line: Mortal though I be, yea ephemeral, if but a moment Last Line: And my lively spirit drinketh immortality. Alternate Author Name(s): Ptolemy Variant Title(s): Immortality Subject(s): Future Life; Immortality; Retribution; Eternity; After Life | ||||||||
Mortal though I be, yea ephemeral, if but a moment I gaze up to the night's starry domain of heaven, Then no longer on earth I stand; I touch the Creator, And my lively spirit drinketh immortality. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IKON: THE HARROWING OF HELL by DENISE LEVERTOV LEEK STREET by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR UNABLE TO FIND by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE AFTERLIFE: LETTER TO STEPHEN DOBYNS 3 by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE AFTERLIFE: LETTER TO STEPHEN DOBYNS: 1 by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE AFTERLIFE: LETTER TO STEPHEN DOBYNS: 2 by HAYDEN CARRUTH WRITING IN THE AFTERLIFE by BILLY COLLINS |
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