Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PAST AND PRESENT, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As I hear the breath of the mother Last Line: And the night falls heavy and sweet. Subject(s): Time | ||||||||
AS I hear the breath of the mother To the breath of the child at her feet Answer in even whispers, When night falls heavy and sweet: Sleep puts out silent fingers, And leads me back to the roar Of the dead salt sea that vomits Wrecks of the past ashore. I see the lost Love in beauty Go gliding over the main: I feel the ancient sweetness, The worm and wormwood again. Earth all one tomb lies round me, Domed with an iron sky: And God himself in his power, God cannot save me! I cry. With the cry I wake; -- and around me The mother and child at her feet Breathe peace in even whispers; And the night falls heavy and sweet. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND A LITTLE CHILD'S HYMN; FOR NIGHT AND MORNING by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE A CHILD'S EVENING HYMN by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE A DANISH BARROW; ON THE EAST DEVON COAST by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE |
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