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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEN TIME WAS YOUNG, by SARITA HOLT BROWNLEE First Line: When time was young, man had his birth Last Line: His spirit dwelling with his god. Subject(s): Birth; Mankind; Soul; Time; Child Birth; Midwifery; Human Race | |||
When time was young, man had his birth From elemental things of earth, Out of the grey mists, deep and vast In long ago, dim ages past. His body still is one with these; Mountains and rivers, rocks and trees, With changing things of life it must Decay and crumble into dust. His soul, a spark of the divine, (These walls of clay cannot confine) Breaks forth, defying time and space, With the Creator finds its place. When time is old, man still shall be Living through all eternity -- His crumbled dust, beneath the sod -- His spirit dwelling with his God. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW MUCH EARTH by PHILIP LEVINE THE SHEEP IN THE RUINS by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH THE CONQUERORS by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY THE MARMOZET by HILAIRE BELLOC MEN, WOMEN, AND EARTH by ROBERT BLY BROTHERS: 3. AS FOR MYSELF by LUCILLE CLIFTON |
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