Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEN I SHALL RISE, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: When I shall rise, and full of many fears Last Line: As once they stood! Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement Subject(s): Death; Future Life; Dead, The; Retribution; Eternity; After Life | ||||||||
WHEN I shall rise, and full of many fears, Set forth upon my last long journey, lone, And leave behind the circling earth to go Amongst the countless stars to seek God's throne. When in the vapourish blue I wander, lost, Let some fair paradise reward my eyes Hill after hill, and green and sunny vale, As I have known beneath the Irish skies. So on the far horizon I shall see No alien land but this I hold so dear Killiney's silver sands, and Wicklow hills, Dawn on my frightened eyes as I draw near. And if it be no evil prayer to breathe, Oh, let no stranger saint or seraphim Wait there to lead up to the judgment-seat, My timid soul with weeping eyes and dim. But let them come, those dear and lovely ghosts, In all their human guise and lustihood, To stand upon that shore and call me home, Waving their joyful hands as once they stood As once they stood! | 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 THE WIND ON THE HILLS by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER |
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