Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SHORTENED LIVES, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY First Line: To us it seemed his life was too soon done Last Line: The steadfast gaze he fixes on the goal. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology | ||||||||
To us it seemed his life was too soon done, Ended, indeed, while scarcely yet begun; God, with His clearer vision, saw that he Was ready for a larger ministry. Just so we thought of Him, whose life below Was so full-charged with bitterness and woe, Our clouded vision would have crowned Him King, He chose the lowly way of suffering. Remember, too, how short His life on earth, -- But three-and-thirty years 'twixt death and birth. And of those years but three whereof we know, Yet those three years immortal seed did sow. It is not tale of years that tells the whole Of man's success or failure, but the soul He brings to them, the songs he sings to them, The steadfast gaze he fixes on the goal. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY A NEW EARTH by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY |
|