TO ROBERT GAMBLE CABELL II Sad hours and glad hours, and all hours, pass over; One thing unshaken stays: Life, that hath Death for spouse, hath Chance for lover; Whereby decays Each thing save one thing: -- mid this strife diurnal Of hourly change begot, Love that is God-born, bides as God eternal, And changes not; -- Nor means a tinseled dream pursuing lovers Find altered by-and-bye, When, with possession, time anon discovers Trapped dreams must die, -- For he that visions of God, of mankind gathers One manlike trait alone, And reverently imputes to Him a father's Love for his son. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LANDSCAPE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS TOM'S GARLAND: UPON THE UNEMPLOYED by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE FALL OF HYPERION; A DREAM by JOHN KEATS THE COURTSHIP OF THE YONGHY-BONGHY-BO by EDWARD LEAR THE KLONDIKE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON |