TO ROBERT GAMBLE CABELL II Sad hours and glad hours, and all hours, pass over; One thing unshaken stays: Life, that hath Death for spouse, hath Chance for lover; Whereby decays Each thing save one thing: -- mid this strife diurnal Of hourly change begot, Love that is God-born, bides as God eternal, And changes not; -- Nor means a tinseled dream pursuing lovers Find altered by-and-bye, When, with possession, time anon discovers Trapped dreams must die, -- For he that visions of God, of mankind gathers One manlike trait alone, And reverently imputes to Him a father's Love for his son. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY ENDYMION by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS HOOD by BARTHOLOMEW SIMMONS DRINKING SONG (3) by ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE TWO SONGS FROM THE PERSIAN: 2 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 14. THE POWERFUL ATTRACTION by PHILIP AYRES |