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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
YET, LIFE, by ELLEN JANSON
First Line: Life, when I said I hated you, I lied
Last Line: These nights, these sweet irrevocable years.
Subject(s): Life
First Line: Life, when I said I hated you, I lied
Last Line: These nights, these sweet irrevocable years.
Subject(s): Life
Life, when I said I hated you, I lied.
Although you are so hard a lover, still
I bear this tireless passion in my side
To follow you, to yield up to your will.
Although I wait you in incessant pain,
And hold you for an hour whose ravishment
Is but a dream of happiness, -- again
Gone, lost, -- again desired beyond content, --
Yet, Life, I love you. And I cannot love
Death, who is far more pitiful and tender.
The peace he promises is not enough;
Not for his fartherest peace would I surrender
This ecstasy I waited for with tears,
These nights, these sweet irrevocable years.
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