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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SOUL, WHEREFORE FRET THEE?, by GERTRUDE BLOEDE Poet's Biography Last Line: Immortal pledge of immortality! Alternate Author Name(s): Sterne, Stuart Subject(s): Soul; Immortality | |||
SOUL, wherefore fret thee? Striving still to throw Some light upon the primal mystery Through rolling ages pondered ceaselessly, Whence thou hast come, and whither thou shalt go! Some deepest, secret voice gives thee to know How, older than created earth and sea, Thou hast been ever, shalt forever be, -- Unborn -- undying! Thy own life doth show, Yester, to-day, to-morrow, but a chain Of dusky pearls, whereof we seek in vain End or beginning, though perchance the one We call To-day gleams whitest in the sun. Ay, Soul, thy very Self is unto thee Immortal pledge of Immortality! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WALLACE STEVENS' LETTERS by ROBERT BLY DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING by DAVID IGNATOW I CLOSE MY EYES by DAVID IGNATOW IN 'DESIGNING A CLOAK TO CLOAK HIS DESIGNS' YOU WRESTED FROM OBLIVION by MARIANNE MOORE THE THINGS THAT DIE by GREGORY ORR THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON YOUTH'S IMMORTALITY by GEORGE SANTAYANA MY FATHER'S CHILD by GERTRUDE BLOEDE |
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