Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DEATH OF MOSES, by ALEXANDER LOUIS FRASER First Line: See moses nebo's slopes ascend Last Line: From doors against thee barred! Subject(s): Bible; Death; Moses; Dead, The | ||||||||
See Moses Nebo's slopes ascend, The Promised Land to view; His God alone doth him attend, To hear his last adieu. "Thy brother died!" this ere his eyes By gathering mists were dim, As if to say that in the skies Kind friends awaited him. The peoples' need who can forget? Much still remains undone: The land beyond the Jordan yet Remaineth to be won. With light still filling all his sky, He does not claim release; But now shall close that eagle eye, And all his exploits cease. So dying on that mountain slope, Doubtless his soul was stirred To think that life's one master-hope By Sin had been deferred. Dost thou, too, miss a vanished face Some one who now doth dwell Beyond this "bourne of Time and Place?" 'Twill help thee to farewell. Let not thy soul be filled with dread Though toilers disappear, And your long-cherished hopes seem dead There is a Joshua near. This priceless lesson likewise learn Sin shall thy steps retard Forgetting this, thou too shalt turn From doors against thee barred! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A CHILD'S GRAVE by ALEXANDER LOUIS FRASER |
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