Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SEAWARD, by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The green grows ever greyer as we pass Last Line: From what has been. Perchance the end at last? Alternate Author Name(s): Meredith, Owen; Lytton, 1st Earl Of; Lytton, Robert Subject(s): Aging | ||||||||
1 The green grows ever greyer as we pass; The lean soil sandier; the spacious air More breezy; raggeder the bristly grass; And the few crooked leafless trees more rare. 2 And now nor grass, nor trees! But only stones Tufted with patches of wild rosemary And spurge. Behind them hidden, something moans; And large white birds come with a questioning cry. 3 What's there, beyond? A thing unsearch'd and strange; Not happier, but different. Something vast And new. Some unimaginable change From what has been. Perchance the end at last? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER THE GENTLE POET KOBAYASHI ISSA by ROBERT HASS MEMORY AS A HEARING AID by TONY HOAGLAND AMOROSA AND COMPANY by CONRAD AIKEN GRAY WEATHER by ROBINSON JEFFERS FROM THE SPANISH by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE LAST WISH by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON THE WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: AUX ITALIENS by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON THE WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: THE CHESSBOARD by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |
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