Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE MYSTERY, by GEORGE FRANCIS SAVAGE-ARMSTRONG


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

THE MYSTERY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Year after year
Last Line: When I'm dust in the tomb?
Subject(s): Time


YEAR after year
The leaf and the shoot;
The babe and the nestling,
The worm at the root;
The bride at the altar,
The corpse on the bier --
The Earth and its story,
Year after year.

Whither are tending,
And whence do they rise,
The cycles of changes,
The worlds in their skies,
The seasons that roll'd
Ere I flash'd from the gloom,
And will roll on as now
When I'm dust in the tomb?





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net