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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOMORROW, by FELIX LOPE DE VEGA CARPIO Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, what am I, that, with unceasing care Last Line: "and when the morrow came, I answered sill, ""to-morrow." Alternate Author Name(s): Lope De Vega Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology | |||
Lord, what am I, that, with unceasing care, Thou didst seek after me, -- that Thou didst wait, Wet with unhealthy dews, before my gate, And pass the gloomy nights of winter there? O, strange delusion, that I did not greet Thy blest approach! and, O, to heaven how lost, If my ingratitude's unkindly frost Has chilled the bleeding wounds upon Thy feet How oft my guardian angel gently cried, "Soul, from thy casement look, and thou shalt see How He persists to knock and wait for thee!" And, O, how often to that voice of sorrow, "To-morrow we will open," I replied! And when the morrow came, I answered sill, "To-morrow." | 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 THE GOOD SHEPHERD by FELIX LOPE DE VEGA CARPIO LOS PASTORES DE BELEN: A SONG OF THE VIRGIN MOTHER by FELIX LOPE DE VEGA CARPIO |
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