Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, INSATIATE, by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY


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First Line: I cannot seem
Last Line: Life, lift the cup, I am insatiate!
Subject(s): Life


I CANNOT seem
To get enough of Life—
With its red wine I am intoxicate!
And I would drink
And deeper drink again—
Life, lift the cup, I am insatiate!

Oh, Death, hold off—
I am not ready yet!
Dash not away from my warm lips the cup!
Fate, stay your hand,
For I am yet athirst—
Still to my lips, Life, hold the chalice up!

Ah, yes, my eager spirit
Asks so much—
There are so many things I long to do;
There are so many heights
That I would reach—
So many ways to go—I know so few!

Ah, no, I have not
Had enough of Life!
The world is wide—is wonderful, and sweet;
But I have only trod
The narrow ways;
The far, strange places have not known my feet!

There is so much of Beauty
I would see,
That I may miss ... I beg this boon, O Fate
And Death—hold off!
Give me a longer time!
Life, lift the cup, I am insatiate!





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