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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LAST COMMUNION; IN MEMORY OF MY FATHER, WILFRID WARD, by LEO WARD First Line: There is a time wherein eternity Last Line: Dying, to meet the victory of peace! | |||
There is a time wherein eternity Takes rest upon the world; King Charity Bowed to our fallen state, the God of Grace Made visible upon a human face; -- When the deep Harmony, the eternal Word, The unfallen Wisdom, only love has heard, Touches the troubled body, bruised and hard With the long fight, yet now set heavenward, -- When the deep argument of souls must cease, Dying, to meet the victory of peace! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DISCONTENTS IN DEVON by ROBERT HERRICK A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 32 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN THE NIGHT [NICHT] IS NEAR [NIGH] GONE by ALEXANDER MONTGOMERIE TO THE UNKNOWN EROS: BOOK 1: 12. MAGNA EST VERITAS by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 6. THE KISS by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI TO THE ROSE UPON THE ROOD OF TIME by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS ON THE MARRIAGE OF A BEAUTEOUS YOUNG GENTLEWOMAN WITH AN ANCIENT MAN by FRANCIS BEAUMONT LORD EXMOUTH'S VICTORY AT ALGIERS, 1816 by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD |
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