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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HOPE OF IMMORTALITY, by DAVID LYNDSAY Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: All creature that ever god creat Last Line: On to that day, I mak it to thee kend. Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, David; Lyndsay, Sir David Of The Moiunt Subject(s): Immortality | |||
All creature that ever God creat, As wryttis Paull, thay wys to se that day Quhen the childryng of God, predestinat, Sall do appeir in thare new fresche array; Quhen corruptioun beis clengit clene away, And changeit beis thair mortall qualitie In the gret glore of immortalitie. And, moreattour, all dede thyngis corporall, Vnder the concave of the Hevin impyre, That now to laubour subject ar, and thrall, Sone, mone, and sterris, erth, walter, air, and fyre, In one maneir thay have ane hote desyre, Wissing that day, that thay may be at rest, As Erasmus exponis manifest. We se the gret Globe of the Firmament Continuallie in moveyng marvellous; The sevin Planetis, contrary thare intent, Are reft about, with course contrarious; The wynd, and see, with stormys furious, The trublit air, with frostis, snaw and rane, Unto that day thay travell evir in pane. And all the Angellis of the Ordouris Nyne, Haveand compassioun of our misereis, That wys efter that day, and to that fyne, To se us freed frome our infirmeteis, And clengit frome thir gret calamiteis And trublous Iyfe, quhilk never sall have end On to that day, I mak it to thee kend. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WALLACE STEVENS' LETTERS by ROBERT BLY DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING by DAVID IGNATOW I CLOSE MY EYES by DAVID IGNATOW IN 'DESIGNING A CLOAK TO CLOAK HIS DESIGNS' YOU WRESTED FROM OBLIVION by MARIANNE MOORE THE THINGS THAT DIE by GREGORY ORR THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON YOUTH'S IMMORTALITY by GEORGE SANTAYANA A CARMAN'S ACCOUNT OF A LAWSUIT by DAVID LYNDSAY ANE SATIRE OF THE THREE ESTAITIS: OPPRESSION BETRAYS THEFT by DAVID LYNDSAY ANE SATYRE OF THE THREI ESTAITIS, SELECTION by DAVID LYNDSAY |
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