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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN HOSPITAL: 14. AVE, CAESAR!, by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: From the winter's grey despair
Last Line: Mingles all men for ever.
Alternate Author Name(s): Henley, W. E.
Subject(s): Hospitals
First Line: From the winter's grey despair
Last Line: Mingles all men for ever.
Alternate Author Name(s): Henley, W. E.
Subject(s): Hospitals
From the winter's grey despair,
From the summer's golden languor,
Death, the lover of Life,
Frees us for ever.
Inevitable, silent, unseen,
Everywhere always,
Shadow by night and as light in the day,
Signs she at last to her chosen;
And, as she waves them forth,
Sorrow and Joy
Lay by their looks and their voices,
Set down their hopes, and are made
One in the dim Forever.
Into the winter's grey delight,
Into the summer's golden dream,
Holy and high and impartial,
Death, the mother of Life,
Mingles all men for ever.
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