Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNET (SUGGESTED BY MR. WATT'S PICTURE OF LOVE AND DEATH), by ANNE LINDSAY



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SONNET (SUGGESTED BY MR. WATT'S PICTURE OF LOVE AND DEATH), by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Yea, love is strong as life; he casts out fear
Last Line: And love grows faint beneath that ponderous tread!
Alternate Author Name(s): Barnard, Lady Anne
Subject(s): Death; Watts, Isaac (1674-1748); Dead, The


Yea, Love is strong as life; he casts out fear,
And wrath, and hate, and all our envious foes;
He stands upon the threshold, quick to close
The gate of happiness ere should appear
Death's dreaded presence -- ay, but Death draws near,
And large and gray the towering outline grows,
Whose face is veiled and hid; and yet Love knows
Full well, too well, alas! that Death is here.
Death tramples on the roses; Death comes in,
Though Love, with outstretched arms and wings outspread,
Would bar the way -- poor Love, whose wings begin
To droop, half-torn as are the roses dead
Already at his feet -- but Death must win,
And Love grows faint beneath that ponderous tread!




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