NAY, Death, thou art a shadow! Even as light Is but the shadow of invisible God, And of that shade the shadow is thin Night, Veiling the earth whereon our feet have trod; So art Thou but the shadow of this life, Itself the pale and unsubstantial shade Of living God, fulfill'd by love and strife Throughout the universe Himself hath made: And as frail Night, following the flight of earth, Obscures the world we breathe in, for a while, So Thou, the reflex of our mortal birth, Veilest the life wherein we weep and smile: But when both earth and life are whirl'd away, What shade can shroud us from God's deathless day? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JANUARY by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS ANNABEL LEE by EDGAR ALLAN POE ALL THINGS CAN TEMPT ME by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS DUSK; TO MADEMOISELLE MARIE LAURENCIN by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE BEING RETIRED, COMPLAINS AGAINST THE COURT by PHILIP AYRES PSALM 48 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |