Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MUTATION, by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT Poet's Biography First Line: They talk of short-lived pleasure - be it so Last Line: A stable changeless state, 'twere cause indeed to weep. Subject(s): Change; Transience; Impermanence | ||||||||
THEY talk of short-lived pleasure -- be it so -- Pain dies as quickly: stem, hard-featured pain Expires, and lets her weary prisoner go. The fiercest agonies have shortest reign; And after dreams of horror, comes again The welcome morning with its rays of peace. Oblivion, softly wiping out the stain, Makes the strong secret pangs of shame to cease.: Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase Are fruits of innocence and blessedness: Thus joy, o'erborne and bound, doth still release His young limbs from the chains that round him press. Weep not that the world changes -- did it keep A stable changeless state, 'twere cause indeed to weep. | Discover our poem explanations - click here!Other Poems of Interest...FROM THE SPANISH by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 17 by JAMES JOYCE SOUTHERN GOTHIC by DONALD JUSTICE THE BEACH IN AUGUST by WELDON KEES THE MAN SPLITTING WOOD IN THE DAYBREAK by GALWAY KINNELL THE SEEKONK WOODS by GALWAY KINNELL |
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