Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BACKWARD LOOK, by RAY CLARKE ROSE First Line: Back through the years, still unresigned Last Line: Back through the years. Subject(s): Life; Past | ||||||||
Back through the years, still unresigned, We seek for joys long left behind Unwittingly; we cry aloud And call the one lost in the crowd Back where the happy pathways wind. We look in olden nooks entwined By autumn's fading vines to find A loved one's facewe see a shroud, Back through the years. Pursuing Life's unending grind, We 've worked, we 've wept, we 've loved, we 've dined; We 've fought, and many times been cowed; We 've broken half the oaths we vowed Yet still we search with eager mind Back through the years. | 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 BACHELOR'S VALENTINE by RAY CLARKE ROSE |
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