OUT of the earth we came, Into the earth we go: Our aim leaped high like flame, But Time has brought us low. Under the clustered trees Dreams we dreamt a score; By headlands of splendid seas We ravaged and sung and swore. Amid the cities of men We thrilled to Life's various quest; Very far from us then The thought that slumber is best. Sun and moon and stars Lighted us on our way: Happy, we took the scars, Happy, we earned our pay. Light-foot creatures were we, Each bent on his own device; Love or war, par-die, At the throw of the loaded dice. One thing, only one, Utterly passed us by: That when our day was done We must cease, O mates, and die! But out of the earth we come, And into the earth we go; Our shame alike with our fame, Old Time has laid them low. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DELICACIES by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS FALSE FRIENDS-LIKE by WILLIAM BARNES GRIEF by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING REPORT OF AN ADJUDGED CASE, NOT TO BE FOUND IN ANY BOOKS by WILLIAM COWPER TO THE DANDELION by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL SARRAZINE'S SONG, FR. CHAITIVEL by MARIE DE FRANCE SONNET: DANTE (1) by MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 10. THE DEATH OF HUSKISSON by T. BAKER |