Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DUST TO DUST, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Heavenly archer, bend thy bow Last Line: Heavenly archer, loose thy string. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter | ||||||||
Heavenly Archer, bend thy bow; Now the flame of life burns low, Youth is gone; I, too, would go. Ever Fortune leads to this: Harsh or kind, at last she is Murderess of all ecstasies. Yet the spirit, dark, alone, Bound in sense, still hearkens on For tidings of a bliss foregone. Sleep is well for dreamless head, At no breath astonished, From the Gardens of the Dead. I the immortal harps hear ring, By Babylon's river languishing. Heavenly Archer, loose thy string. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALONE (2) by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE AN EPITAPH by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE ARABIA by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE BUNCHES OF GRAPES by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE ECHO by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE ENGLAND (2) by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE FARE WELL by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE FIVE EYES by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE JOHN MOULDY by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE MOTLEY by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE |
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