Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PORTRAIT OF A VERY OLD MAN, by SARA CARSLEY First Line: The thrusting glance grows dim Last Line: Needs only earth. Subject(s): Aging; Mankind; Human Race | ||||||||
The thrusting glance grows dim; Falters the fiery tread; Once life was wine to him That now is bread. Beauty was once the prize He sought by field and stream; But now the questing eyes Are fixed in dream. At every pool of fate His eager thirst drank deep; The heart insatiate Is quenched with sleep. All knowledge he desired, All ecstasy, all mirth; He, who to heaven aspired, Needs only earth. | 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 HOW MY HEART SINKS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DOMEDAY BOOK: MIRIAM FAY'S LETTER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS DITTY IN IMITATION OF THE SPANISH: ENTRE TANTO QUE L'AVRIL by EDWARD HERBERT |
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