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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET (SUGGESTED BY MR. WATT'S PICTURE OF LOVE AND DEATH), by ANNE LINDSAY Poet's Biography First Line: Yea, love is strong as life; he casts out fear Last Line: And love grows faint beneath that ponderous tread! Alternate Author Name(s): Barnard, Lady Anne Subject(s): Death; Watts, Isaac (1674-1748); Dead, The | |||
Yea, Love is strong as life; he casts out fear, And wrath, and hate, and all our envious foes; He stands upon the threshold, quick to close The gate of happiness ere should appear Death's dreaded presence -- ay, but Death draws near, And large and gray the towering outline grows, Whose face is veiled and hid; and yet Love knows Full well, too well, alas! that Death is here. Death tramples on the roses; Death comes in, Though Love, with outstretched arms and wings outspread, Would bar the way -- poor Love, whose wings begin To droop, half-torn as are the roses dead Already at his feet -- but Death must win, And Love grows faint beneath that ponderous tread! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND AULD ROBIN GRAY by ANNE LINDSAY |
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