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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE IMMORTAL HOUR, by RACHEL ANNAND TAYLOR Poem Explanation Poet's Biography
First Line: Still as great waters lying in the west
Last Line: Is all the changing dream of thee and me.
Subject(s): Immortality
First Line: Still as great waters lying in the west
Last Line: Is all the changing dream of thee and me.
Subject(s): Immortality
STILL as great waters lying in the West,
So is my spirit still.
I lay my folded hands within Thy breast,
My will within Thy will.
O Fortune, idle pedlar, pass me by.
O Death, keep far from me who cannot die.
The passion-flowers are lacing o'er the sill
Of my low door.—As dews their sweetness fill,
So do I rest in Thee.
It is mine hour. Let none set foot therein.
It is mine hour unflawed of pain or sin.
'Tis laid and steeped in silence, till it be
A solemn dazzling crystal, to outlast
And storm the eyes of poets when long-past
Is all the changing dream of Thee and Me.
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