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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEYOND THE PRESENT CLAY, by HAMLEN HUNT First Line: He who has loved beyond disaster's edge Last Line: His heart's assuaging, and his soul's release. | |||
He who has loved beyond disaster's edge, Treading for earth the dark, uncertain air, And made to fearful self no secret pledge Lest this endeavor shatter on despair; He who has loved beyond the present clay, With no breath treasured for repentance's sake, No heartbeat hoarded for the promised day When breath shall end, the heart no longer ache; Who has withheld no particle of bliss, But given it utterly in each embrace, Keeping for memory's sake no single kiss To gloat upon in some cold, heavenly place -- Reaps, for abandonment, his body's peace, His heart's assuaging, and his soul's release. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHO LOVE AND PART by HAMLEN HUNT LUNCH AT A CLUB by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET SURFACES AND MASKS; 7 by CLARENCE MAJOR ORANGUTAN REHAB by KAREN SWENSON THE COLD NIGHT by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS TO CHLOE WHO FOR HIS SAKE WISHED HERSELF YOUNGER by WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT SONNET: TO SLEEP by JOHN KEATS BALL'S BLUFF; A REVERIE by HERMAN MELVILLE IMAGES: 1 by RICHARD ALDINGTON EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 33. LOVE KEEPS ALL THINGS IN ORDER by PHILIP AYRES |
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