Delve not so deep into the gloomy past That life's bright sands cave in and bury thee; Better it is to make a ladder fast Against a star, and climb eternally. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO MR. S.T. COLERIDGE by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS [JANUARY 8, 1815] by THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH THE GENERAL by SIEGFRIED SASSOON ON GRACE CHURCH CORNER by WILLIAM ROSE BENET NATALIA'S RESURRECTION: 21 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT TWO ROBBERS by FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON |