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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IMMORTALITY, by ALBERT W. MAYER
First Line: Life is not the breath we breathe
Last Line: Death alone was born to die.
Subject(s): Immortality
First Line: Life is not the breath we breathe
Last Line: Death alone was born to die.
Subject(s): Immortality
Life is not the breath we breathe,
Truth and beauty do not cease,
Flesh alone subsists on bread,
By the spirit soul is fed.
Death seeks to take what cannot die
And tries to prove all life a lie.
The weak, the faithless, fear its call,
The strong foresee the coming fall.
The grave is but a place of rest
For all the griefs and ills of flesh.
So do not ponder and do not sigh --
Death alone was born to die.
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