Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOR A RETURN, by A. A. ANDRIELLO First Line: I knew much peace before I asked for life Last Line: Safe in the sleep from which I long-since fought. | ||||||||
I knew much peace before I asked for life: Deeply I slept in Pre-time's darkened womb But yearned in dream for some high glorious strife -- Till Pre-time guessed and offered life and doom, Took for them time of sleep. But mortal weight Of life proves more than I can bear: the earth Whirrs all confused, with howling men who prate Only of passing things that trail no worth. Ah, that some strength could hurl me clear of this Into that understanding scheme of things Where I might rest once more, by breath forgot, Know once again oblivion's sealing kiss, Its questless peace, a calm on the soul's wings -- Safe in the sleep from which I long-since fought. | Other Poems of Interest...ENVOYS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE LAST WORD by MATTHEW ARNOLD THE GRASSHOPPER; TO MY NOBLE FRIEND MR. CHARLES COTTON by RICHARD LOVELACE THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET by SAMUEL WOODWORTH PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 28. AS-BAZIR by EDWIN ARNOLD NEW JERSEY by FRED CLARE BALDWIN REBECCA; WHO SLAMMED DOORS FOR FUN AND PERISHED MISERABLY by HILAIRE BELLOC |
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