Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ETERNITY, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O what a weary while it is to stand Last Line: Or any crumb of gloom to feed upon? Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Angels; Future Life; God; Retribution; Eternity; After Life | ||||||||
O what a weary while it is to stand, Telling the countless ages o'er and o'er, Till all the finger-tips held out before Our dazzled eyes by heaven's starry hand Drop one by one, yet at some dread command Are held again, and counted evermore! How feverish the music seems to pour Along the throbbing veins of anthems grand! And how the cherubim sing on and on - The seraphim and angels - still enraptured - far withdrawn In hovering armies tranced in endless flight! . . . God's mercy! is there never dusk or dawn, Or any crumb of gloom to feed upon? | 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 A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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