Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A TIME TO DANCE, by CECIL DAY LEWIS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: For those had the power Last Line: Our lives they are evergreen. Alternate Author Name(s): Blake, Nicolas Subject(s): Aviation & Aviators; Death; Hope; Airplanes; Air Pilots; Dead, The; Optimism | ||||||||
For those had the power of the forest tires that burn Leaving their source in ashes to flush the sky with fire: Those whom a famous urn could not contain, whose passion Brimmed over the deep grave and dazzled epitaphs: For all that have won us wings to clear the tops of grief, My friend who within me laughs bids you dance and sing. Some set out to explore earth's limit, and little they recked if Never their feet came near it outgrowing the need for glory: Some aimed at a small objective but the fierce updraught of their spirit Forced them to the stars. Are honoured in public who built The dam that tamed a river; or holding the salient for hours Against odds, cut off and killed, are remembered by one survivor. All these. But most for those whom accident made great, As a radiant chance encounter of cloud and sunlight grows Immortal on the heart: whose gift was the sudden bounty Of a passing moment, enriches The fulfilled eye for ever. Their spirits float serene above time's roughest reaches, But their seed is in us and over our lives they are evergreen. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT by DEREK MAHON |
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