Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STING OF DEATH, by FREDERICK GEORGE SCOTT Poet's Biography First Line: Is sin, then, fair? Last Line: For evermore. Alternate Author Name(s): Scott, F. G. Subject(s): Death; Regret; Sin; Dead, The | ||||||||
"Is Sin, then, fair?" Nay, love, come now, Put back the hair From his sunny brow; See, here, blood-red Across his head A brand is set, The word"Regret." "Is Sin so fleet That while he stays, Our hands and feet May go his ways?" Nay, love, his breath Clings round like death, He slakes desire With liquid fire. "Is Sin Death's sting?" Ay, sure he is, His golden wing Darkens man's bliss; And when Death comes, Sin sits and hums A chaunt of fears Into man's ears. "How slayeth Sin?" First, God is hid, And the heart within By its own self chid; Then the maddened brain Is scourged by pain To sin as before And more and more, For evermore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND VAN ELSEN by FREDERICK GEORGE SCOTT |
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