OUT of it all ... and now I see clearly How little there was that touched me nearly. Though I hated (how idly!) and loved (how dearly!), Though I deemed this great, and judged that small; Now the bounds I set are a crumbled wall -- Out of it -- out of it all! Out of the years that lagged, or hasted, Out of the power of the griefs that wasted, Out of the sway of the joys that, half-tasted, Leave the heart sick, that so soon they can pall -- Out of the drive, the tumult, the brawl, Out of it -- out of it all! Out of it all ... And the world receding, Who, or what, is there, whither leading? Through a space unknown, I, unknown, am speeding, And the fashions that were, away from me fall ... What was that word I would fain recall? -- "Out of it -- out of it all!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HUMAN ABSTRACT, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE PICTURES OF MEMORY by ALICE CARY LEINSTER by LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY THE MEDITATION OF THE OLD FISHERMAN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE MORAL FABLES: THE MOUSE AND THE PADDOCK by AESOP THE CLOUDED SOUL by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA |