Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THERE IS NO DEATH, by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON Poet's Biography First Line: There is a plan far greater than the plan you know Last Line: There is no death -- there's immortality. Alternate Author Name(s): Meredith, Owen; Lytton, 1st Earl Of; Lytton, Robert Subject(s): Immortality; Religion; Theology | ||||||||
There is a plan far greater than the plan you know; There is a landscape broader than the one you see. There is a haven where storm-tossed souls may go -- You call it death -- we, immortality. You call it death -- this seeming endless sleep; We call it birth -- the soul at last set free. 'Tis hampered not by time or space -- you weep. Why weep at death? 'Tis immortality. Farewell, dear voyageur -- 'twill not be long. Your work is done -- now may peace rest with thee. Your kindly thoughts and deeds -- they will live on. This is not death -- 'tis immortality. Farewell, dear voyageur -- the river winds and turns; The cadence of your song wafts near to me, And now you know the thing that all men learn: There is no death -- there's immortality. | Discover our poem explanations - click here!Other Poems of Interest...THE FUTURE OF TERROR / 5 by MATTHEA HARVEY MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY THE LAST WISH by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON THE WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: AUX ITALIENS by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |
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