Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. WHEN A THOUSAND YEARS HAVE PASSED, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poet's Biography First Line: Think not that the love thou enterest in to-day Last Line: Even though thou be old and near the grave there is plenty of time. Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
THINK not that the love thou enterest into to-day is for a few months or years: The little seed set now must lie quiet before it will germinate, and many alternations of sunshine and shower descend upon it before it become even a small plant. When a thousand years have passed, come thou again. And behold! a mighty tree that no storms can shake. Love does not end with this life or any number of lives; the form that thou seekest lies hidden under wrapping after wrapping; Nevertheless it shall at length appearmore wondrous far than aught thou hast imagined. Therefore leave time: do not like a child pull thy flower up by the roots to see if it is growing; Even though thou be old and near the grave there is plenty of time. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS A MOULD FOR SOME FAIR FORM by EDWARD CARPENTER |
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