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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AD ASTRA: 154, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE
First Line: And others, more defiant in their tone
Last Line: What answer that can wholly set at ease?
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Death; Heaven; Religion; Dead, The; Paradise; Theology
First Line: And others, more defiant in their tone
Last Line: What answer that can wholly set at ease?
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Death; Heaven; Religion; Dead, The; Paradise; Theology
And others, more defiant in their tone,
Have solved the riddle of the toiling earth—
'Sport for the Heavenly Huntsman!' sayeth one,
And yet another, 'Sorrow and joyless mirth
His bifold, cynic gift to man at birth!'
What answer unto such wild hearts as these?
What answer that can wholly set at ease?
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