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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ECHOES: 2, by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Life is bitter. All the faces of the years Last Line: Let me sleep. Alternate Author Name(s): Henley, W. E. | |||
Life is bitter. All the faces of the years, Young and old, are gray with travail and with tears. Must we only wake to toil, to tire, to weep? In the sun, among the leaves, upon the flowers, Slumber stills to dreamy death the heavy hours, Let me sleep. Riches won but mock the old, unable years; Fame's a pearl that hides beneath a sea of tears; Love must wither, or must live alone and weep. In the sunshine, through the leaves, across the flowers, While we slumber, death approaches through the hours . . . Let me sleep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ECHOES: 35. MARGARITAE SORORI by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY ECHOES: 4. INVICTUS by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY ECHOES: 6 by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY ECHOES: 7 by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY ECHOES: 9 by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY IN HOSPITAL: 10. STAFF NURSE: NEW STYLE by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY IN HOSPITAL: 2. WAITING by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY IN HOSPITAL: 21. ROMANCE by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY IN HOSPITAL: 23. MUSIC by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY IN HOSPITAL: 28. DISCHARGED by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY |
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