Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANSWER, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poet's Biography First Line: The warmth of life is quenched with bitter frost Last Line: Deep in its house of clay. Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. Subject(s): Life | ||||||||
THE warmth of life is quenched with bitter frost; Upon the lonely road a child limps by Skirting the frozen pools: our way is lost: Our hearts sink utterly. But from the snow-patched moorland chill and drear, Lifting our eyes beyond the spirëd height, With white-fire lips apart the dawn breathes clear Its soundless hymn of light. Out of the vast the voice of one replies Whose words are clouds and stars and night and day, When for the light the anguished spirit cries Deep in its house of clay. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRIVILEGE OF BEING by ROBERT HASS SEAWATER STIFFENS CLOTH by JANE HIRSHFIELD SAYING YES TO LIVING by DAVID IGNATOW THE WORLD IS SO DIFFICULT TO GIVE UP by DAVID IGNATOW A SUMMER NIGHT by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL |
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