Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SIC VITA, by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Like to a silkworm of one year Last Line: And man as these as quickly gone. Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, William Of Tavistock Subject(s): Mankind; Human Race | ||||||||
LIKE to a silkworm of one year, Or like a wronged lover's tear, Or on the waves a rudder's dint, Or like the sparkles of a flint, Or like to little cakes perfum'd, Or fireworks made to be consum'd; Even such is man, and all that trust In weak and animated dust. The silkworm droops; the tear's soon shed; The ship's way lost; the sparkle dead; The cake is burnt; the firework done; And man as these as quickly gone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW MUCH EARTH by PHILIP LEVINE THE SHEEP IN THE RUINS by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH THE CONQUERORS by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY THE MARMOZET by HILAIRE BELLOC MEN, WOMEN, AND EARTH by ROBERT BLY BROTHERS: 3. AS FOR MYSELF by LUCILLE CLIFTON EPITAPH: IN OBITUM M.S. XO MAIJ, 1614 by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |
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