Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 47, by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) First Line: Is it worth while to have breathed the earthly air? Last Line: Though years on weary years have wailed forlorn. | ||||||||
Is it worth while to have breathed the earthly air? Yes: even if the final end be near, And if pain's storms have clouded many a year, Yet there were early summers soft and fair. Passion hath twined for me full many a rare Chaplet,and Harrow boyish skies were clear, And Oxford marigolds in marshy mere Shone radiant,and the Cornish maiden-hair. And the great Northern waves did welcome me, And, Alice, thou their Venus then wast born, Born from the eddies of the frothing sea, White-bodied as in the young world's sweet morn. It is worth while to have lived for thee,for thee, Though years on weary years have wailed forlorn. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A PRAYER by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) A VINDICATION by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) AN ACTOR'S REMINISCENCES by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) AUTUMN MESSAGES by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) ENVOI: DEATH (1) by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) ENVOI: DEATH (2) by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) FOR EVER AND EVERMORE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) IF ONLY THOU ART TRUE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) LILIES: 1. THE GREAT WAVE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) LILIES: 10. SOUL-PAIN by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |
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