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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AD ASTRA: 144, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE
First Line: O let no momentary joy enslave
Last Line: Can love and lust in such commingling meet?
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Death; Graves; Spirituality; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones
First Line: O let no momentary joy enslave
Last Line: Can love and lust in such commingling meet?
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Death; Graves; Spirituality; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones
O let no momentary joy enslave
The spirit which thou hast receivéd pure!
The fields of dalliance flower but to the grave,
Gird swift to flee the fragrance and the lure!
O not to selfish sins thyself inure!
"Follow thy pleasures with determined feet"—
Can love and lust in such commingling meet?
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