Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET, by THOMAS RUSSELL (1762-1788) Poet's Biography First Line: Could then the babes from yon unshelter'd cot Last Line: Shall gild their passage to eternal rest. Subject(s): Future Life; Retribution; Eternity; After Life | ||||||||
COULD then the Babes from yon unshelter'd cot Implore thy passing charity in vain? Too thoughtless Youth! what tho' thy happier lot Insult their life of poverty and pain! What tho' their Maker doom'd them thus forlorn To brook the mockery of taunting throng, Beneath th' Oppressor's iron scourge to mourn, To mourn, but not to murmur at his wrong! Yet when their last late evening shall decline, Their evening cheerful, tho' their day distrest, A Hope perhaps more heavenly bright than thine, A Grace by thee unsought, and unpossest, A Faith more fix'd, a Rapture more divine, Shall gild their passage to eternal rest. | 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 PHILOCTETES AT LEMNOS; SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN AT LEMNOS by THOMAS RUSSELL (1762-1788) |
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