Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE END, by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What is to come we know not. But we know Last Line: What is to come. Alternate Author Name(s): Henley, W. E. Subject(s): Future Life; Retribution; Eternity; After Life | ||||||||
What is to come we know not. But we know That what has been was good -- was good to show, Better to hide, and best of all to bear. We are the masters of the days that were: We have lived, we have loved, we have suffered . . . even so. Shall we not take the ebb who had the flow? Life was our friend. Now, if it be our foe -- Dear, though it spoil and break us! -- we not care What is to come? Let the great winds their worst and wildest blow, Or the gold weather round us mellow slow: We have fulfilled ourselves, and we can dare And we can conquer, though we may not share In the rich quiet of the afterglow What is to come. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IKON: THE HARROWING OF HELL by DENISE LEVERTOV LEEK STREET by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR UNABLE TO FIND by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE AFTERLIFE: LETTER TO STEPHEN DOBYNS 3 by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE AFTERLIFE: LETTER TO STEPHEN DOBYNS: 1 by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE AFTERLIFE: LETTER TO STEPHEN DOBYNS: 2 by HAYDEN CARRUTH WRITING IN THE AFTERLIFE by BILLY COLLINS BALLADE OF DEAD ACTORS by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY |
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