In some quaint cave of crude dissymmetry Dwells Time, the monk of madness, priest to doubt. With patient hands he deftly turns about The polished wheels of one slow century, And ponders, lost in timeless ecstasy, While from his silent cell the days slip out And form, like caravans of slaves devout, A fading trail into eternity. So eons after thought and thinker die, The worlds from creeping crusts of slothful ice The blackened cindered suns cannot restore; Then Time with groping hands through lifeless sky Will search in vain for yet another rise Of rhythm and light; and Time shall be no more. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SECRECY PROTESTED by THOMAS CAREW ENGLAND'S DEAD by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW (SEPTEMBER 25, 1857) by ROBERT TRAILL SPENCE LOWELL HOW THE CUMBERLAND WENT DOWN [MARCH 8, 1862] by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL BALLAD OF THE WOMEN OF PARIS by FRANCOIS VILLON MOTHER HEART by NELLIE COOLEY ALDER SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 42. 'GRECIAN AND ENGLISH' by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |