Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE LIFE TO COME, by EDWARD SHILLITO


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THE LIFE TO COME, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There is a city where god's happy children
Last Line: Then I should ask of god no more.
Subject(s): Beethoven, Ludwig Van (1770-1827); Composers; Future Life; Music & Musicians; Retribution; Eternity; After Life


There is a City where God's happy children
Shall tread forever burnished floors, they say,
But I shall beg to walk in Oxford meadows
Where dance the golden flowers of May.

I cannot dream of walls upbuilt of jasper,
Nor can the gates of pearl the heart suffice:
Who once beholds the rainbows in the dewdrop
Has seen a pearl of greater price.

And when the harpers in that land are making
Strange melodies on earth unheard before,
If I might only hear once more Beethoven,
Then I should ask of God no more.





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