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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IF, by MARCELLA P. FRANK First Line: If dying I might pierce the endless deep Last Line: I'd win the master title to my skiff. | |||
If dying I might pierce the endless deep -- If I with God-like surety might explore The alluring depths of that so awful sweep And find my hidden hopes become a store Of timeless truth, from mortal moorings I Would loose my skiff in some flamboyant dawn, And ride adrift with only silent sky For company, -- my earth-day forest lawn Horizon lost. What matter then that time In thievishness would through my body steal? I would have done with body's pantomime, And be oblivious of woe or weal. With subtlety to woo the staying "If", I'd win the master title to my skiff. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN THE SUBWAY by LOUIS UNTERMEYER ANTIQUE JEWELER by FREDERICK HENRY HERBERT ADLER TICKER TAPE by ELIZABETH KELTY BEITEL THE SPECTRE BOAT by THOMAS CAMPBELL TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. IN THE STONE-FLOORED WORKSHOP by EDWARD CARPENTER |
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