Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ENVOI: DEATH (2), by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) First Line: Yes: this is the great crown of life, to know Last Line: What touched my forehead?ah, the spray, the spray! Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
Yes: this is the great crown of life,to know That death is nearer:twelve years nearer me Than when the sunlight filled that Northern sea With glory infinite, and passion's glow Fell over the blue waters. Even so, Death, calm-browed God and Lord, I wait for thee: With those I love, Lord, I would also be; For one by one my loved ones, smiling, go. And I shall follow. I am nearer those Who have died and left me,nearer every day. Soon I shall join the unspeakable repose Of mighty souls and true who have passed away. Straight from death's sea to-night the sea-wind blows: What touched my forehead?Ah, the spray, the spray! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A GIFT OF SPRING by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |
|