Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COMPENSATIONS, by ALFRED NOYES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not with a flash that rends the blue Last Line: And ask no more in death. Subject(s): Death; Dreams; Eyes; Love; Moon; Dead, The; Nightmares | ||||||||
NOT with a flash that rends the blue Shall fall the avenging sword. Gently as the evening dew Descends the mighty Lord. His dreadful balances are made To move with moon and tide; Yet shall not mercy be afraid Nor justice be denied. The dreams that seemed to waste away, The kindliness forgot, Were singing in your heart today Although you knew them not. The sun shall not forget his road, Nor the high stars their rhyme, The traveller with the heavier load Has one less hill to climb. And, though a darker shadow fall On every struggling age, How shall it be if, after all, He share our pilgrimage? The end we mourn is not the end. The dust has nimble wings. But truth and beauty have a friend At the deep heart of things. He will not speak? What friend belies His love with idle breath? We read it in each others' eyes, And ask no more in death. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS MOUNTAIN LAUREL by ALFRED NOYES |
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