I When the sea has devoured the ships, And the spires and the towers Have gone back to the hills. And all the cities Are one with the plains again. And the beauty of bronze, And the strength of steel Are blown over silent continents, As the desert sand is blown -- My dust with yours forever. II When folly and wisdom are no more, And fire is no more, Because man is no more; When the dead world slowly spinning Drifts and falls through the void -- My light with yours In the Light of Lights forever! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PEACE (2) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ANDREA DEL SARTO (CALLED THE FAULTLESS PAINTER) by ROBERT BROWNING NEW ENGLAND'S DEAD! by ISAAC MCLELLAN JR. WRITTEN IN THE BEGINNING OF MEZERAY'S HISTORY OF FRANCE by MATTHEW PRIOR SATIRES: 51. UPON NOTHING by JOHN WILMOT A CRADLE SONG by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS MY NATIVE LAND by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS |