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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
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!
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