Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, REVELATION, by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK


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REVELATION, by                    
First Line: Say not that death is king, that night is lord
Last Line: When flooding sunrise told the night was gone.
Variant Title(s): Easter
Subject(s): Easter; Faith; Holidays; The Resurrection; Belief; Creed


Say not that death is king, that night is lord,
That loveliness is passing, beauty dies;
Nor tell me hope's a vain, deceptive dream
Fate lends to life, a pleasing, luring gleam
To light awhile the earth's despondent skies,
Till death brings swift and sure its dread reward.
Say not that youth deceives, but age is true,
That roses quickly pass, while cypress bides,
That happiness is foolish, grief is wise,
That stubborn dust shall choke our human cries.
Death tells new worlds, and life immortal hides
Beyond the veil, which shall all wrongs undo.
This was the tale God breathed to me at dawn
When flooding sunrise told the night was gone.





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