Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TIME, by ESTHER VALCK GEORGNS


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TIME, by                    
First Line: I am the giver of all gifts, and I
Last Line: Though it may wound, I am the anodyne.
Subject(s): Time


I am the giver of all gifts, and I
The thief unthwartable who steals them back;
I placed the sun and moon and stars on high,
And I shall quell their flames and leave them black.
I fill the cradle and I give the crown,
Nothing there is that does not come from me,
I build tall towers and I tear them down.
I am the one Immutability.
My hands are crimson with the blood of years,
No man can count old beauties I have slain,
Yet grant me credit for allaying tears,
For mending hearts although they break again;
And learn to trust this shining blade of mine --
Though it may wound, I am the anodyne.





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