Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIFE, by THOMAS STURGE MOORE Poet's Biography First Line: My life feels like a mouse Last Line: Thrill more than flight, song, stream or wood! Alternate Author Name(s): Moore, T. Sturge Subject(s): Life | ||||||||
MY life feels like a mouse In some strange giant's house; Or like a single fly In a Saharan sky: Small part in life have I, Yet of one sort with it whole Is my small soul. Bird-life makes glad the trees, And tree-life throngs our hill, But life would fill An airier hive with souls for bees More room than, far from shore, A night-sky coops above wide seas: Though that were packed, outside were more. My eyes drink up the swallow's flight Swift, smooth and light: Their joy is free. The sound that heaves Like music up from a mile of leaves, Is glory to me. Then, there are waters gurgling along, And ladies together singing a song, Sounds that, entering my head, Move more than can be said. Oh! and by how much life, thought of, should Thrill more than flight, song, stream or wood! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRIVILEGE OF BEING by ROBERT HASS SEAWATER STIFFENS CLOTH by JANE HIRSHFIELD SAYING YES TO LIVING by DAVID IGNATOW THE WORLD IS SO DIFFICULT TO GIVE UP by DAVID IGNATOW BEAUTIFUL MEALS by THOMAS STURGE MOORE |
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