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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 'EVEN THIS WILL PASS AWAY', by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Touched with the delicate green of early may
Last Line: In violet glooms beneath the moaning sea!
Subject(s): Transience; Impermanence
First Line: Touched with the delicate green of early may
Last Line: In violet glooms beneath the moaning sea!
Subject(s): Transience; Impermanence
TOUCHED with the delicate green of early May,
Or later, when the rose unveils her face,
The world hangs glittering in star-strown space,
Fresh as a jewel found but yesterday.
And yet 't is very old; what tongue may say
How old it is? Race follows upon race,
Forgetting and forgotten; in their place
Sink tower and temple; nothing long may stay.
We build on tombs, and live our day, and die;
From out our dust new towers and temples start;
Our very name becomes a mystery.
What cities no man ever heard of lie
Under the glacier, in the mountain's heart,
In violet glooms beneath the moaning sea!
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