Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AGE, by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN



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First Line: Then life grows cold
Last Line: Light up the sky.
Subject(s): Aging; Old Age


THEN life grows cold,
And we are old;
The fire burns low,
And Winter's snow
Falls through twilight air,
And everywhere
Is stillness and regret;
And we forget
All save the early day,
So far away;
When life is lonely,
And we only
Have ceaseless quest—
Seeking for rest
That lingers on the way,
As loth to stay
With dull and frosty age;
Who shall our grief assuage—
The weak regret and dole
Of a poor trembling soul,
With healing words console?
Friend of the early day,
If still there stay
With us Thy presence dear,
Nor grief nor fear,
Nor sins that we deplore,
Can wound us sore.
There never can be grief,
But Thy relief
Shall fall like summer rain,
That brings again
The glad sweet flowers of spring.
And so at last,
Our work well done,
Unmoved, we'll view
The swift descending sun
Go down for aye;
And, one by one, the twinkling stars
Light up the sky.





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