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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MADRIGAL: 1, by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This life, which seems so fair Last Line: Because it erst was nought, it turns to nought. Alternate Author Name(s): Drummond, William Variant Title(s): The Bubble;life A Bubble;this Life Subject(s): Life | |||
This Life, which seems so fair, Is like a bubble blown up in the air By sporting children's breath, Who chase it everywhere And strive who can most motion it bequeath. And though it sometimes seem of its own might Like to an eye of gold to be fixed there, And firm to hover in that empty height, That only is because it is so light. --But in that pomp it doth not long appear; For when 't is most admired, in a thought, Because it erst was nought, it turns to nought. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRIVILEGE OF BEING by ROBERT HASS SEAWATER STIFFENS CLOTH by JANE HIRSHFIELD |
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