I HAVE desired life Above all other things; For death is ever rife In all things of the earth; And who can say rebirth Comes to the soul, or brings To the mind again the light Of cloudless days, or the sound Of the wind, or the matchless sight Of reddened autumn leaves, Or the gold of ripened sheaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . These things I have known . . . Though strife Of swift contending mind Seeking ever to find The ever unfound things Is all to no avail, Yet for the love of the strife, And for beauty, that cannot fail, For these I desire life. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CONTRA MORTEM: THE WATER by HAYDEN CARRUTH TO SEE THE STARS IN DAYLIGHT by JAMES GALVIN ARMAGEDDON by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON LET ME NOT LOSES MY DREAM by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SERVICE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO -, WITH A ROSE by SIDNEY LANIER |