Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FUTILITY, by CHARLES J. QUIRK First Line: Life, wishing to be gay Last Line: Death which has never died. | ||||||||
Life, wishing to be gay, Beneath its pomp, would hide That which it cannot slay -- Death which has never died. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOREST POOL by CHARLES J. QUIRK TRIVIALITIES by CHARLES J. QUIRK YOUTH IMPERTURBABLE by CONRAD AIKEN THE CLOTE (WATER-LILY) by WILLIAM BARNES THE HARP by RALPH WALDO EMERSON AT THE SEASIDE by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON STELLA'S BIRTHDAY, 1718 by JONATHAN SWIFT CRADLE SONG by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH TO A. E. HOUSMAN by MARGARET ASH |
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