Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE EVERLASTING BATTLE, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: When in my shadowy hours I pierce the Last Line: I am of dana's race divine and know I am immortal still. Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. Subject(s): Despair; Hope; Immortality; Mythology - Celtic; Optimism | ||||||||
WHEN in my shadowy hours I pierce the hidden heart of hopes and fears, They change into immortal joys or end in immemorial tears. Moytura's battle still endures and in this human heart of mine The golden sun powers with the might of demon darkness intertwine. I think that every teardrop shed still flows from Balor's eye of doom, And gazing on his ageless grief my heart is filled with ageless gloom: I close my ever-weary eyes and in my bitter spirit brood And am at one in vast despair with all the demon multitude. But in the lightning flash of hope I feel the sungod's fiery sling Has smote the horror in the heart where clouds of demon glooms take wing, I shake my heavy fears aside and seize the flaming sword of will, I am of Dana's race divine and know I am immortal still. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT by DEREK MAHON A SUMMER NIGHT by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL |
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