Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FINIS, by EDWARD NOYES POMEROY


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FINIS, by                    
First Line: The end at last! The journey is completed
Last Line: Sweet revelation of the book of life.
Subject(s): Death; Finality; Dead, The


The end at last! The journey is completed;
The fear of failure and its dread were vain;
Doubt has gone by; despair has been defeated;
And pleasure presently will vanquish pain.

The early radiance, the east adorning,
With gold and crimson glorified the sky,
And told the coming of a grander morning,
The longing gaze to greet and satisfy.

And it is here. The wealth of Orient splendor
Lay in the sun and never was withdrawn,
But, in an effluence divinely tender,
The latter twilight broadens into dawn.

Conflict of conflicts that is won by losing!
Tie that is strengthened by the severing knife!
Day that dies not but brightens at its closing!
Sweet Revelation of the Book of Life.




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