Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHO GOETH HENCE, by HELEN FRAZEE-BOWER First Line: When death shall come to summon us at last Last Line: Like children hasting to a glad surprise. Alternate Author Name(s): Bower, W. M., Mrs. Subject(s): Immortality; Religion; Theology | ||||||||
When death shall come to summon us at last, Some will remember children and the sound Of little footsteps hallowing the past, As driven snowflakes hallow oft the ground. Some will remember sunlight on a fence; And some the breath of blossoms in the rain; Some will glimpse stars. And all the going hence Of these will be a wishing to remain. But some will think of one who said, "And I, If I be lifted up will draw to me All men." And when these latter come to die, With faces lifted to eternity They shall go forth with calm, untroubled eyes, Like children hasting to a glad surprise. | 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 HOW OFTEN SIMON by HELEN FRAZEE-BOWER |
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