Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FATE, by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN


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FATE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Cease your spinning, busy fate
Last Line: "turning discord into song."
Subject(s): Fate; Destiny


I

CEASE your spinning, busy Fate;
I am weary with the weight
And the sorrow of my state!

Cut the silken thread in twain;
Let the robe be made in vain
That is woven from my pain.

Let forgetfulness descend,
Like the blessing of a friend,
On the sorrow I would end.

II

Bending low, she gently said:
"Nor the living nor the dead
Are divided from my thread.

"Only take the pain I send,
It shall teach thee like a friend,
To be faithful to the end:

"It shall teach thee to be strong,
Patient under nameless wrong,
Turning discord into song."





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