Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LIFE, by CHARLES SWAIN



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First Line: Life's not our own, - 'tis but a loan
Last Line: An angel calls.
Subject(s): Life


LIFE's not our own, -- 't is but a loan
To be repaid;
Soon the dark Comer's at the door,
The debt is due: the dream is o'er, --
Life's but a shade.

Thus all decline that bloom or shine,
Both star and flower;
'T is but a little odor shed,
A light gone out, a spirit fled,
A funeral hour.

Then let us show a tranquil brow
Whate'er befalls;
That we upon life's latest brink
May look on Death's dark face, -- and think
An angel calls.





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