I SAID, "I will take my life And throw it away; I who was fire and song Will turn to clay." "I will lie no more in the night With shaken breath, I will toss my heart in the air To be caught by Death." But out of the night I heard, Like the inland sound of the sea, The hushed and terrible sob Of all humanity. Then I said, "Oh who am I To scorn God to his face? I will bow my head and stay And suffer with my race." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DINING-ROOM TEA by RUPERT BROOKE THE YARN OF THE 'NANCY BELL' by WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT A DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO SHEPHERDS IN PRAISE OF ASTRAEA by MARY SIDNEY HERBERT TO DAFFODILS by ROBERT HERRICK ODE TO THE MAGUIRE by EOCHADH O'HUSSEY SYMPATHY by HENRY DAVID THOREAU |