CLOSE to the verge of fourscore crowded years Your heart is strong, your soul serene and bright; As when confronting first life's hopes and fears -- The star of manhood crowned your brow with light. Clear thoughts are spells to keep to keep the life-blood pure, Brave aims are medicinal, rife with balm; What wonder then, with @3thee@1 life's joys endure, And life's majestic sunset smiles in calm! For thou art one whose brotherhood supreme Hath touched all circles of benign desire; Therefore, thy days like some unclouded dream, Are slowly melting into heavenly fire. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LIFE'S MIRROR by MARY AINGE DE VERE PHILOSOPHY by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS TO THE HONOURABLE AND VIRTUOUS LADY, THE LADY TASBURGH by WILLIAM BASSE MARTYRS TO THE MAN by WILLIAM ROSE BENET A WOMAN'S SONNETS: 3 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE IDLE SINGER: REACTION by QUINTIN BONE |