Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MYSTERY OF MYSTERIES, by MATHILDE BLIND Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Before the abyss of the unanswering grave Last Line: Which casts all flesh as chaff to all the winds? Alternate Author Name(s): Lake, Claude Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
BEFORE the abyss of the unanswering grave Each mortal stands at last aloof, alone, With his beloved one turned as deaf as stone, However rebel love may storm and rave. No will, however strong, avails to save The wrecked identity knit to our own; We may not hoard one treasured look or tone, Dissolved in foam on Death's dissolving wave. Is this the End? This handful of brown earth For all releasing elements to take And free for ever from the bonds of birth? Or will true life from Life's disguises break, Called to that vast confederacy of minds Which casts all flesh as chaff to all the winds? | 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 |
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