Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO BE OLD, by HELEN ELDRED STORKE First Line: Against the quicksands of receding life to sink Last Line: "the everlasting arms are underneath." Subject(s): Death; Old Age; Dead, The | ||||||||
AGAINST the quicksands of receding life to sink So broken, spent and wrenched to face thy death, And then with sudden exaltation sweet to think, "The everlasting arms are underneath." | 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 TO BE YOUNG by HELEN ELDRED STORKE |
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