Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AD ASTRA: 152, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE First Line: And still another, 'only minds diseased Last Line: Or the bright soul, its fair and heavenly guest? Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Death; Heaven; Dead, The; Paradise | ||||||||
And still another, 'Only minds diseased The morbid craving after God reveal; For once the Daimon of Death hath been appeased, No longer at the Shrine of Faith we kneel.' O faint of heart! to whom wouldst thou appeal? The truant body, rebel of unrest? Or the bright soul, its fair and heavenly guest? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX A DULL DAY IN SEPTEMBER by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE |
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