We are born; we laugh; we weep; We love; we droop; we die! Ah! wherefore do we laugh or weep? Why do we live or die? Who knows that secret deep? Alas not I! Why doth the violet spring Unseen by human eye? Why do the radiant seasons bring Sweet thoughts that quickly fly? Why do our fond hearts cling To things that die? We toil -- through pain and wrong; We fight -- and fly; We love; we lose; and then, ere long, Stone-dead we lie, O life! is all thy song "Endure and -- die?" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DESERTED LOVER CONSOLETH HIMSELF ... by THOMAS WYATT PRESENTIMENT by AMBROSE BIERCE EDITH CAVELL by LAURENCE BINYON A STORM IN SUMMER by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT CRIPPLED SOLDIER by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN |