Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRISON-HOUSE OF FLESH, by ANONYMOUS First Line: "our body is our doom, a place of death" Last Line: The soul escapes to god and reaches heaven Subject(s): Future Life; Retribution;eternity;after Life | ||||||||
OUR body is our doom, a place of death, A binding chain that holds us here beneath, A sickness of the soul, a burden sent By Fate to be our test and punishment. But when it leaves the limbs, death's bondage riven The soul escapes to God and reaches heaven. | 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 TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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