Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MORS ET VITA, by JAMES EDWIN CAMPBELL Poet's Biography First Line: Into the soil a seed is sown Last Line: And the two make up the whole! Subject(s): Life; Death | ||||||||
Into the soil a seed is sown, Out of the soul a song is wrung, Out of the shell a pearl is gone, Out of the cage a bird is flown, Out of the body, a soul! Unto a tree the seed is grown, Wide in the world the song is sung, The pearl in a necklace gleams more fair, The bird is flown to a sweeter air, And Death is half and Life is half, And the two make up the whole! | 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 HOW THE MIRROR LOOKS THIS MORNING by HICOK. BOB NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND DE CUNJAH MAN by JAMES EDWIN CAMPBELL |
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