A LOVER carved upon a bed of stone His lady's name, and set thereto a rhyme; And on the rock were marks beside his own, Scratched by a glacier in primeval time. And yet the passion that his spirit stirred, The while he cut her fond and fleeting name, In faith, was more eternal than the word The ice age spoke -- time's snow against love's flame! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A HYMN OF HATE by DOROTHY PARKER TO A CASTILIAN SONG by SARA TEASDALE THE LOVER PLEADS WITH HIS FRIENDS FOR OLD FRIENDS by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE RIVULET by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT ODE TO BEAUTY by RALPH WALDO EMERSON DICKENS IN CAMP by FRANCIS BRET HARTE |