Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIFE'S CURTAIN, by EMMA MAGIN BISSELL First Line: Gently it lifts - / and a world of surprise Last Line: Is the same one which falls when in death they close. Subject(s): Life | ||||||||
Gently it lifts -- And a world of surprise; With a beautiful, great golden dawn, Greets our eyes. Dependent and helpless, In wonder we gaze; As the moon plays its part, In our babyhood days; But life has its purpose, And from the very start This great world expects us, To live well our part. Still higher it rises -- On the mysteries of life; Where snugly wrapped about its portals, Fair beauty lies as well as strife. With their comrades joy and sorrow, And laughter gay, 'mid blooming flow'rs; Where youth's dreams are won or shattered, While Time, the accountant, marks the hours; As little by little, without warning or fuss, Like the tides of the ocean, they are sure to leave us; And this curtain that lifted before our eyes like a rose, Is the same one which falls when in death they close. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRIVILEGE OF BEING by ROBERT HASS SEAWATER STIFFENS CLOTH by JANE HIRSHFIELD SAYING YES TO LIVING by DAVID IGNATOW THE WORLD IS SO DIFFICULT TO GIVE UP by DAVID IGNATOW |
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