Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UPON TIME, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Time was upon / the wing, to flie away Last Line: And so away he flew. Subject(s): Time | ||||||||
Time was upon The wing, to flie away; And I cal'd on Him but a while to stay; But he'd be gone, For ought that I could say. He held out then, A Writing, as he went; And askt me, when False man would be content To pay agen, What God and Nature lent. An houre-glasse, In which were sands but few, As he did passe, He shew'd, and told me too, Mine end near was, And so away he flew. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SUNG TO THE KING IN THE PRESENCE AT WHITEHALL by ROBERT HERRICK A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK |
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