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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONTINUITY, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poem Explanation Poet's Biography
First Line: No sign is made while empires pass
Last Line: Some yet more lovely masterpiece.
Alternate Author Name(s): A. E.
Subject(s): Art & Artists; God; Life; Nature - Religious Aspects
First Line: No sign is made while empires pass
Last Line: Some yet more lovely masterpiece.
Alternate Author Name(s): A. E.
Subject(s): Art & Artists; God; Life; Nature - Religious Aspects
No sign is made while empires pass.
The flowers and stars are still His care,
The constellations hid in grass,
The golden miracles in air.
Life in an instant will be rent
Where death is glittering blind and wild—
The Heavenly Brooding is intent
To that last instant on Its child.
It breathes the glow in brain and heart,
Life is made magical. Until
Body and spirit are apart
The Everlasting works Its will.
In that wild orchid that your feet
In their next falling shall destroy,
Minute and passionate and sweet
The Mighty Master holds His joy.
Though the crushed jewels droop and fade
The Artist's labors will not cease,
And of the ruins shall be made
Some yet more lovely masterpiece.
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