Who was he? Leader of the world, Guide of the peoples' sovereign will, Who changed men's fates, merged streams that swirled Their different ways in chaotic swill. October started a new era, It marked a boundary more profound Than the Renaissance or Attilla Or anything in History found. The old world falters, frail and mortal, A new world -- commonwealth for all -- Grows from the October tempest; Lenin Towers at the new world's birth and old world's fall. Earth, humble globe lost in the Cosmos Among the planetary set, That name shall cover you with glory Such as you never witnessed yet. He died; his life was but an instant In endless Time, but what he did Survives his death. His divinations Are a guiding light forever lit. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SECOND OPINION by STEPHEN CUSHMAN GRASS FINGERS by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE A THANKSGIVING TO GOD [FOR HIS HOUSE] by ROBERT HERRICK DISILLUSIONMENT OF TEN O'CLOCK by WALLACE STEVENS MAN FRAIL AND GOD ETERNAL by ISAAC WATTS COME UP FROM THE FIELDS FATHER by WALT WHITMAN |