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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHIRLWINDS, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER
First Line: The deepest dregs of direst woe
Last Line: All whirlwinds.
Subject(s): Depression, Mental; Wind; Mentally Depressed; Mental Distress
First Line: The deepest dregs of direst woe
Last Line: All whirlwinds.
Subject(s): Depression, Mental; Wind; Mentally Depressed; Mental Distress
The deepest dregs of direst woe
Are drained in time by those who sow
The whirlwinds.
You cannot glean from woman's tears
Repentance for the misspent years
In whirlwinds.
The idler's sport, the gambler's dice,
The moments spent in foolish vice,
Are whirlwinds.
Neglected hearts, forgotten pride,
And perverse thoughts are things that ride
On whirlwinds.
And Love's bold wings are much too weak
To soar on winds of which we speak,
These whirlwinds.
Its pinions spread are blown away
And lost forever and a day
By whirlwinds.
God help the fool that thinks that he
Can sow and reap successfully
All whirlwinds.
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