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VISION by SIEGFRIED SASSOON

Poet Analysis

First Line: I LOVE ALL THINGS THAT PASS: THEIR BRIEFNESS IS
Last Line: O BEAUTY, BORN OF LOVELY THINGS THAT DIE!'
Subject(s): TRANSIENCE; IMPERMANENCE;

I LOVE all things that pass: their briefness is
Music that fades on transient silences.
Winds, birds, and glittering leaves that flare and fall --
They fling delight across the world; they call
To rhythmic-flashing limbs that rove and race...
A moment in the dawn for Youth's lit face;
A moment's passion, closing on the cry --
'O Beauty, born of lovely things that die!'




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