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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FAILURE, by RUPERT BROOKE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Because god put his adamantine fate
Last Line: And st+irred the heavy curtains on the walls.
Subject(s): Soldiers' Writings
First Line: Because god put his adamantine fate
Last Line: And st+irred the heavy curtains on the walls.
Subject(s): Soldiers' Writings
Because God put His adamantine fate
Between my sullen heart and its desire,
I swore that I would burst the Iron Gate,
Rise up, and curse Him on His throne of fire.
Earth shuddered at my crown of blasphemy,
But Love was as a flame about my feet;
Proud up the Golden Stair I strode; and beat
Thrice on the Gate, and entered with a cry --
All the great courts were quiet in the sun,
And full of vacant echoes: moss had grown
Over the glassy pavement, and begun
To creep within the dusty council-halls.
An idle wind blew round an empty throne
And st+irred the heavy curtains on the walls.
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