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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE OLD ENEMY, by SARA TEASDALE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Rebellion against death, the old rebellion Last Line: Under the planet at the evening's end. Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Subject(s): Death; Religion; Dead, The; Theology | |||
Rebellion against death, the old rebellion Is over; I have nothing left to fight; Battles have always had their meed of music But peace is quiet as a windless night. Therefore I make no songs -- I have grown certain Save when he comes too late, death is a friend, A shepherd leading home his flock serenely Under the planet at the evening's end. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY |
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