ALL weareth, all wasteth, All flitteth, all hasteth, All of flesh and time: -- Sound, sweet heavenly chime, Ring in the unutterable eternal prime. Man hopeth, man feareth, Man droopeth: -- Christ cheereth, Compassing release, Comforting with peace, Promising rest where strife and anguish cease. Saints waking, saints sleeping, Rest well in safe keeping; Well they rest to-day While they watch and pray, -- But their to-morrow's rest what tongue shall say? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WILLOW POEM by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: DIRGE FOR WOLFRAM by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE COMING STORM' (A PICTURE BY R. S. GIFFORD) by HERMAN MELVILLE MUSIC OF HUNGARY by ANNE REEVE ALDRICH |