Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ON THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS, by JULIAN MOSES DRACHMAN


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ON THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS, by                    
First Line: We are not alone under that canopy
Last Line: As from us aging, strong fresh life has sprung?


We are not alone under that canopy
Star-jewelled, wherein our vows were spoken once,
For, as our pulses dim and all we see
Moves slowlier and gapes like any dunce,
We are not alone; not we alone grow old,
Heavy and crumbling, but our space-washed crag
Trembles and slows; the sun is turning cold;
A million universes lapse and lag . . .

At length when earth and ocean shall be one
And air and space all one -- one tepid level
Of neuter formlessness, and God and devil
Are blent and fused to one and that one none,
Will not the world's life then turn new and young,
As from us aging, strong fresh life has sprung?





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