Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SUPREME CONSUMATIN, by CHARLES MARIE RENE LECONTE DE LISLE Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Nay, but the world is old, nigh old as hell Last Line: Pass to my endless home with spirit clean! Subject(s): Death; Life; Time; Dead, The | ||||||||
NAY, but the world is old, nigh old as hell; Since first man wept, since first desire o'ercame With fire more fierce and bitterer than hell's flame, The tale of time is grown too long to tell. 'Tis life is ill and dying that is well, Whether wrist-bound the sea our body claim, Or with clear eyes on heaven we fall full game To stroke of sword or to the bursting shell. Thou hast my love, O heart whom Earth so craves, O burning might that bears the martyr out Whose soul in passing grows in strength serene! O splendid blood, come shrive me in thy waves, So may I, while the vulgar rabble shout, Pass to my endless home with spirit clean! | 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 NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A FESTIVAL by CHARLES MARIE RENE LECONTE DE LISLE AFTER A THOUSAND YEARS by CHARLES MARIE RENE LECONTE DE LISLE |
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