AFTER a little while, When all the glories of the night and day Have fled for aye; From Friendship's glance and Beauty's winsome smile, I pass away, After a little while. After a little while, The snow will fall from time and trial shocks, Down these dark locks; Then gliding onward to the Golden Isle, I pass the rocks, After a little while. After a little while, Perchance, when Youth is blazoned on my brow, As Hope is now, I fade and quiver in this dim defile, A fruitless bough, After a little while. After a little while, And clouds that shimmer on the robes of June And vestal moon No more my vagrant fancies can beguile— I slumber soon, After a little while. After a little while, The birds will serenade in bush and tree, But not for me; On billows duskier than the gloomy Nile My barque must be— After a little while. After a little while, The cross will glisten and the thistles wave Above my grave, And planets smile; Sweet Lord! then pillowed on Thy gentle breast, I fain would rest, After a little while. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. KESSLER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS CONTRA MORTEM: THE BEING AS VISION by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE MERCY OF LAZARUS by STEPHEN DOBYNS SONG OF THE WAVE by ROBERT FROST |