I When the sea has devoured the ships, And the spires and the towers Have gone back to the hills. And all the cities Are one with the plains again. And the beauty of bronze, And the strength of steel Are blown over silent continents, As the desert sand is blown -- My dust with yours forever. II When folly and wisdom are no more, And fire is no more, Because man is no more; When the dead world slowly spinning Drifts and falls through the void -- My light with yours In the Light of Lights forever! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING AND FALL: TO A YOUNG CHILD by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE: BOOK 2. CANTO 8. PRELUDE: THE KISS by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE SUNSET ACROSS THE LAKE by AUGUSTA M. BARNEY THE DIFFERENCE by ANGELO PHILIP BERTOCCI THE HUNTING OF THE HARE by MARGARET LUCAS CAVENDISH LOVE ABSENT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |