Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FIRST BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 17. SIC TRANSIT, by THOMAS CAMPION Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come, cheerful day, part of my life, to me Last Line: So every day we live a day we die. Variant Title(s): Day And Night Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Impermanence | ||||||||
Come, cheerful day, part of my life, to me; For while thou view'st me with thy fading light, Part of my life doth still depart with thee, And I still onward haste to my last night. Time's fatal wings do ever forward fly, So every day we live a day we die. But oh, ye nights, ordained for barren rest, How are my days deprived of life in you; When heavy sleep my soul hath dispossessed By feigned death life sweetly to renew! Part of my life in that you life deny; So every day we live a day we die. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FROM THE SPANISH by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 17 by JAMES JOYCE SOUTHERN GOTHIC by DONALD JUSTICE THE BEACH IN AUGUST by WELDON KEES THE MAN SPLITTING WOOD IN THE DAYBREAK by GALWAY KINNELL THE SEEKONK WOODS by GALWAY KINNELL A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 9 by THOMAS CAMPION |
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