Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WHITE ISLAND, OR PLACE OF THE BLEST, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In this world (the isle of dreames) Last Line: Have ending. Subject(s): Heaven; Immortality; Paradise | ||||||||
In this world (the Isle of Dreames) While we sit by sorrowes streames, Teares and terrors are our theames Reciting: But when once from hence we flie, More and more approaching nigh Unto young Eternitie Uniting: In that whiter Island, where Things are evermore sincere; Candor here, and lustre there Delighting: There no monstrous fancies shall Out of hell an horrour call, To create (or cause at all) Affrighting. There in calm and cooling sleep We our eyes shall never steep; But eternall watch shall keep, Attending Pleasures, such as shall pursue Me immortaliz'd, and you; And fresh joyes, as never too Have ending. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SUNG TO THE KING IN THE PRESENCE AT WHITEHALL by ROBERT HERRICK A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK |
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