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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THIS SPINNING EARTH, by HAROLD VINAL Poet's Biography
First Line: This spinning earth we prattle of so much
Last Line: Rings like a terrible bugle down the sky.
Subject(s): Earth; World
First Line: This spinning earth we prattle of so much
Last Line: Rings like a terrible bugle down the sky.
Subject(s): Earth; World
This spinning earth we prattle of so much,
This whirling sphere forever turning round,
May go to ashes at a single touch,
Vanish completely at a trumpet sound.
As Jericho was blown to bits it may
Be blown to bits, and all these things we prize
May go to dust today or any day,
And the long darkness fall upon our eyes.
The seasons pass -- mid-summer and the spring;
Promise and hope, If Only and Perhaps --
These are the frail designs we pattern by.
And if there be a more eternal thing,
God will declare it when his golden taps
Rings like a terrible bugle down the sky.
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