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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO BE OLD, by HELEN ELDRED STORKE
First Line: Against the quicksands of receding life to sink
Last Line: "the everlasting arms are underneath."
Subject(s): Death; Old Age; Dead, The
First Line: Against the quicksands of receding life to sink
Last Line: "the everlasting arms are underneath."
Subject(s): Death; Old Age; Dead, The
AGAINST the quicksands of receding life to sink
So broken, spent and wrenched to face thy death,
And then with sudden exaltation sweet to think,
"The everlasting arms are underneath."
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