Life burns us up like fire, And Song goes up in flame: The radiant body smoulders To the ashes whence it came. Out of things it rises With a mouth that laughs and sings, Backward it fades and falters Into the char of things. Yet soars a voice above it -- Love is holy and strong; The best of us forever Escapes in Love and Song. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SECRET LOVE; SONG by JOHN CLARE SAILING BEYOND SEAS (OLD STYLE) by JEAN INGELOW ODE ON A GRECIAN URN by JOHN KEATS FESSEDEN'S GARDEN by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN VERSES ON MRS. ROWE by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ABSENCE by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES LYING AT A REVEREND FRIEND'S HOUSE, THE AUTHOR LEFT .. VERSE by ROBERT BURNS |