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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AD ASTRA: 81, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE
First Line: How stem this cry of universal pain
Last Line: Shall disobedience merit instant death?
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Death; Pain; Dead, The; Suffering; Misery
First Line: How stem this cry of universal pain
Last Line: Shall disobedience merit instant death?
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Death; Pain; Dead, The; Suffering; Misery
How stem this cry of universal pain
That wails from chasm and vault adown the years,
That moves to madness many a tortured brain,
That daunts the bravest with abysmal fears?
Is God more vengeful, more remote from tears,
Than man that is the creature of His breath?—
Shall Disobedience merit instant death?
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