Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DOOM'S DAY, by GEORGE HERBERT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come away / make no delay Last Line: And the musick shall be praise. Variant Title(s): Doomsday | ||||||||
COME away, Make no delay. Summon all the dust to rise, Till it stirre, and rubbe the eyes; While this member jogs the other, Each one whispring, Live you, brother? Come away, Make this the day. Dust, alas! no musick feels, But thy trumpet: then it kneels, As peculiar notes and strains Cure Tarantulaes raging pains. Come away, O make no stay! Let the graves make their confession, Lest at length they plead possession: Fleshes stubbornnesse may have Read that lesson to the grave. Come away, Thy flock doth stray. Some to the windes their bodie lend, And in them may drown a friend: Some in noisome vapours grow To a plague and publick wo. Come away, Help our decay. Man is out of order hurl'd, Parcel'd out to all the world. Lord, thy broken comfort raise, And the musick shall be praise. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A TRUE HYMN [HYMNE] by GEORGE HERBERT CHURCH MONUMENTS by GEORGE HERBERT CHURCH-MUSICK [CHURCH MUSIC] by GEORGE HERBERT |
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