IN vain to live from age to age While modern bards endeavour, I write my name in Patty's page, And gain my point for ever. W. COWPER. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE UNKNOWN EROS: BOOK 1: 3. WINTER by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE A LEAVE-TAKING by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE LINES WRITTEN AT THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD A SPRING CAROL by ADRA CAROLINE BATCHELDER THE TREE OF LIFE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |