Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, STARRY HEAVENS WITHOUT, by PTOLEMAEUS OF ALEXANDER


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First Line: Mortal though I be, yea ephemeral, if but a moment
Last Line: And my lively spirit drinketh immortality.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ptolemy
Variant Title(s): Immortality
Subject(s): Future Life; Immortality; Retribution; Eternity; After Life


Mortal though I be, yea ephemeral, if but a moment
I gaze up to the night's starry domain of heaven,
Then no longer on earth I stand; I touch the Creator,
And my lively spirit drinketh immortality.




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