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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ASPIRATION, by GLADYS CROMWELL Poet's Biography First Line: Though my frail soul should never touch again Last Line: Imbued with hopes of immortality. Subject(s): Ambition; God; Immortality | |||
THOUGH my frail soul should never touch again The semblance of reality like this; Through periods of time should always miss The imprint of true life; nor find the plain, Familiar mould of being; still not vain Are those desires that frame undying bliss. The sky is not a vanishing abyss To me, but steadfast beauty, sheathing pain. I live in confidence. As planets turn About the sun, continually I yearn To God. His interpenetrating fire Is all I need. Though heaven prove mockery, My life ascends by dint of sheer desire, Imbued with hopes of immortality. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WALLACE STEVENS' LETTERS by ROBERT BLY DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING by DAVID IGNATOW I CLOSE MY EYES by DAVID IGNATOW IN 'DESIGNING A CLOAK TO CLOAK HIS DESIGNS' YOU WRESTED FROM OBLIVION by MARIANNE MOORE THE THINGS THAT DIE by GREGORY ORR THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON |
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