Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHAMBER OF NO LIGHT, by GARNET HAMRICK First Line: When dust sinks back to dust Last Line: That pass into earth's nothingness. Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
When dust sinks back to dust And life goes blind with night, The soul will find eternity In answer to its ageless cry. But, oh, the tragic bitterness! To know that this poor body's wail Must die unheard against The howling dark of death, And lose its glow with things That pass into earth's nothingness. | 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 |
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