Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LAND OF GOLD, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Behind the sunset's bars in the wide west Last Line: "until great death has come to make men wise." Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Subject(s): Gold | ||||||||
BEHIND the sunset's bars in the wide West, We catch the radiance of the Land of Gold; The dazzling splendors of its wealth untold Flash through our dreams, and wake to vague unrest The soul -- with Life's dull weariness opprest, Or wrapped in weeds of sorrow, fold on fold -- Till, with sheer longing and despair grown bold, We turn to seek that Land where all are blest. But the Gold fades, and the strong stars arise That look beyond the sunset and the sun; They see our little world swing far below, While over it imperial planets glow -- From Heaven they whisper, "Heaven cannot be won Until great Death has come to make men wise." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A MAN SAW A BALL OF GOLD by RON PADGETT THE VINDICTIVES by ROBERT FROST BARELY COMPOSED by ALICE FULTON NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY by ROBERT FROST MISS KILMANSEGG AND HER PRECIOUS LEG: HER MORAL by THOMAS HOOD THE UNGRATEFUL GARDEN by CAROLYN KIZER SUNKEN GOLD by EUGENE JACOB LEE-HAMILTON THE KLONDIKE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON A PAINTED FAN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |
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