MY words and thoughts do both expresse this notion, That Life hath with the sun a double motion. The first Is straight, and our diurnall friend; The other Hid, and doth obliquely bend. One life is wrapt In flesh, and tends to earth: The other winds towards Him whose happie birth Taught me to live here so, That still one eye Should aim and shoot at that which Is on high; Quitting with daily labour all My pleasure, To gain at harvest an eternal Treasure. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A PASSER-BY by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES AN ODE TO THE RAIN by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE BARBER'S by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE ON AN INVITATION TO THE UNITED STATES by THOMAS HARDY ODES: BOOK 1: ODE 14. TO THE HON. CHARLES TOWNSHEND - FROM THE COUNTRY by MARK AKENSIDE |