Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SUBSTANCE, by ALICE CARY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Each fearful storm that o'er us rolls Last Line: Is there and only there. Subject(s): God | ||||||||
EACH fearful storm that o'er us rolls, Each path of peril trod, Is but a means whereby our souls Acquaint themselves with God. Our want and weakness, shame and sin, His pitying kindness prove; And all our lives are folded in The mystery of his love. The grassy land, the flowering trees, The waters, wild and dim, -- These are the cloud of witnesses That testify of Him. His sun is shining, sure and fast, O'er all our nights of dread; Our darkness by his light, at last Shall be interpreted. No promise shall He fail to keep Until we see his face; E'en death is but a tender sleep In the eternal race. Time's empty shadow cheats our eyes, But all the heavens declare The substance of the things we prize Is there and only there. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MOUNTAIN IS STRIPPED by DAVID IGNATOW AS CLOSE AS BREATHING by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 1 by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN BIRTH-DUES by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE SILENT SHEPHERDS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GOING TO THE HORSE FLATS by ROBINSON JEFFERS A SPINSTER'S STINT by ALICE CARY |
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