Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CLIMAX, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: Dear friend, by favoring fortune richly led Last Line: Superbly win all profits at a bound! Subject(s): Future Life; Retribution; Eternity; After Life | ||||||||
Dear friend, by favoring fortune richly led, Your life a long experience of peace, Dread not the day when these delights will cease And you will rest among the silent dead. By this glad confidence be comforted, That life's excelling joy is life's release, That fortune grows as earthly goods decrease, And from the bowl of death true life is fed. By this one loss all gains are stoutly made, By this adventure certainty is found: Did ever merchant make a better trade? Did ever voyager find richer ground? At death's dark door nor doubting nor dismayed, Superbly win all profits at a bound! | 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 A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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