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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ASHES, by LISBETH G. FISH First Line: After the fire has died and left but smoldering embers Last Line: Does one remember that which disappeared? | |||
After the fire has died and left but smoldering embers, So changed as to belie their other shape and name, No one who sees the powdery ash remembers What shapes went through that baptism of flame. When mortal life is doomed for burning, It may live on though scorched and seared, But dried are fonts of feeling and sweet yearning. Does one remember that which disappeared? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GEORGE LEO PATTERSON by LISBETH G. FISH THE TREE ACROSS THE ROAD by ELIZABETH KELTY BEITEL THE BURIAL-PLACE by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT THE HUNTER OF THE PRAIRIES by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT TO A CERTAIN VERY UGLY BUILDING: THE ARMORY by VINCENT GODFREY BURNS THE COUNTRY LIFE; BALLAD TO A FRENCH TUNE by PATRICK CAREY THELMON AND CARMEL; AN IRREGULAR POEM by ANNE BATTEN CRISTALL |
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