Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FALLAX ET INSTABILIS, by PATRICK CAREY Poet's Biography First Line: Tis a strange thing, this world Last Line: On god I'll fix my heart. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed | ||||||||
I 'TIS a strange thing, this world, Nothing but change I see: And yet it is most true That in't there's nothing new, Though all seem new to me. The rich become oft poor, And heretofore 'twas so; The poor man rich doth grow, And so 'twas heretofore: Nor is it a new thing To have a subject made a king; Or that a king should from his throne be hurl'd. 'Tis a strange thing this world. II All things below do change, The sea in rest ne'er lies; Ne'er lay in rest, nor will: The weather alters still, And ne'er did otherwise. Consum'd is many a town By fire; how, none can tell: Plains up to mountains swell, While mountains do sink down. Yet ought we not t' admire The sea, the air, the earth, or fire: The sun does think nothing of all this strange; Since all things here still change. III Let none then fix his heart Upon such trifling toys; But seek some object out, Whose change he ne'er may doubt; There, let him place his joys. Since that our souls are made For ever to endure; Of chiefest grief w' are sure, If what we love must fade: For friends feel greatest pain When one must go, t' other remain. With what I love then, that I ne'er may part, On God I'll fix my heart. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNHOLY SONNET 4 by MARK JARMAN QUIA ABSURDUM by ROBINSON JEFFERS GOING TO THE HORSE FLATS by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET TO FORTUNE by LUCY AIKEN JONATHAN EDWARDS IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS by ROBERT LOWELL RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION by MINA LOY |
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