Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WISH, by JABEZ HUGHES First Line: Ye powers who sway the skies above Last Line: A safe retreat from future woe! Subject(s): Melancholy; Wishes; Dejection | ||||||||
Ye Powers who sway the skies above, The load of mortal life remove: I cannot, labouring thus, sustain Th'excessive burthen of my pain! A dance of Pleasures, hurrying by, Enduring griefs, a glimpse of joy, With blessings of a brittle kind, Inconstant, shifting as the wind, Are all your suppliant has known Since first his lingering race begun. In pity, then, pronounce my fate, And here conclude my shortened date; 'Tis all I ask you, to bestow A safe retreat from future woe! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BALLAD OF THE LADIES OF OLDEN TIMES by FRANCOIS VILLON THE FOUR HUMOURS by RAFAEL CAMPO DEJECTION by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT DEJECTION: AN ODE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE MELANCHOLIA by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |
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