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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STREAM OF LIFE, by ALICE CARY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The stream of life is going dry
Last Line: Along the immortal years.
Subject(s): Immortality
First Line: The stream of life is going dry
Last Line: Along the immortal years.
Subject(s): Immortality
THE stream of life is going dry;
Thank God, that more and more
I see the golden sands, which I
Could never see before.
The banks are dark with graves of friends;
Thank God, for faith sublime
In the eternity that sends
Its shadows into time.
The flowers are gone that with their glow
Of sunshine filled the grass;
Thank God, they were but dim and low
Reflections in a glass.
The autumn winds are blowing chill;
The summer warmth is done;
Thank God, the little dew-drop still
Is drawn into the sun.
Strange stream, to be exhaled so fast
In cloudy cares and tears;
Thank God, that it should shine at last
Along the immortal years.
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