Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIFE OF LIFE, by ALICE CARY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To him who is the life of life Last Line: The mystery of his will. Subject(s): God | ||||||||
TO Him who is the Life of life, My soul its vows would pay; He leads the flowery seasons on, And gives the storm its way. The winds run backward to their caves At his divine command, -- And the great deep He folds within The hollow of his hand. He clothes the grass, He makes the rose To wear her good attire; The moon He gives her patient grace, And all the stars their fire. He hears the hungry raven's cry, And sends her young their food, And through our evil intimates His purposes of good. He stretches out the north, He binds The tempest in his care; The mountains cannot strike their roots So deep He is not there. Hid in the garment of his works, We feel his presence still With us, and through us fashioning The mystery of his will. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MOUNTAIN IS STRIPPED by DAVID IGNATOW AS CLOSE AS BREATHING by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 1 by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN BIRTH-DUES by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE SILENT SHEPHERDS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GOING TO THE HORSE FLATS by ROBINSON JEFFERS A SPINSTER'S STINT by ALICE CARY |
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