Life burns us up like fire, And Song goes up in flame: The radiant body smoulders To the ashes whence it came. Out of things it rises With a mouth that laughs and sings, Backward it fades and falters Into the char of things. Yet soars a voice above it -- Love is holy and strong; The best of us forever Escapes in Love and Song. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY LOVE'S GUARDIAN ANGEL by WILLIAM BARNES AELLA: THE MINSTREL'S SONG by THOMAS CHATTERTON ADVICE by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES INTOXICATION by EMILY DICKINSON SAGE COUNSEL by ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH CALVARY by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON ANDRE'S LAST REQUEST [OR, REQUEST TO WASHINGTON] [OCTOBER 1, 1780] by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS |