Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EUTHANASIA, by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: When age comes by and lays his frosty hands Last Line: The fragrant remnant of memorial flame. Subject(s): Euthanasia | ||||||||
WHEN age comes by and lays his frosty hands So lightly on mine eyes, that, scarce aware Of what an endless weight of gloom they bear, I pause, unstirred, and wait for his commands; When time has bound these limbs of mine with bands, And hushed mine ears, and silvered all my hair, May sorrow come not, nor a vain despair Trouble my soul that meekly girded stands. As silent rivers into silent lakes, Through hush of reeds that not a murmur breaks, Wind, mindful of the poppies whence they came, So may my life, and calmly burn away, As ceases in a lamp at break of day The fragrant remnant of memorial flame. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HURT HAWKS by ROBINSON JEFFERS EUTHANASIA by BORIS NIKOLAYEVICH BUGAYEV THE WANDERER: 6. PALINGENSIS: EUTHANASIA (WRITTEN AFTER LONG ILLNESS) by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON EUTHANASIA by GEORGE GORDON BYRON A BALLAD OF EUTHANASIA by JOHN DAVIDSON EUTHANASIA by JOHN COWPER POWYS EUTHANASIA by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE HURT HAWKS by ROBINSON JEFFERS FEBRUARY IN ROME by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE |
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