Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE UNSEEN WORLD, by CRAVEN LANGSTROTH BETTS Poet's Biography First Line: The spirits of the dead are with us still Last Line: Transfigured, lighted from the eternal shores. Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
The spirits of the dead are with us still; Part of our being, instinct to our life, Familiars light and dark; all space is rife With influences that mould our plastic will, Unseen yet felt, unknown yet guessed at, till Death plucks away the mask of flesh, or strife Of soul wears out the body as a knife Frets through its sheath then feels a naked thrill. For nature wars within us with a sense Mysterious, conjoined, yet not of her, Subduing yet subdued; but when the tense Bond of their union slackens, then the whirr Of the soul's wings is heard, our essence soars Transfigured, lighted from the eternal shores. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND DON QUIXOTE by CRAVEN LANGSTROTH BETTS |
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