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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THREE WOOD SONGS: 2. PATH'S END, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY Poet's Biography First Line: Death is here, death is there Last Line: Death remains, and fear, and fear. Subject(s): Death; Fear; Dead, The | |||
Death is here, death is there, And the darkness everywhere! In the tree the bird is sleeping, To the tree the snake is creeping. O the sound of stifled weeping None to hear, none to care! Lost! Lost! No need to peer: Ends the path here, never clear. Starlight, no; nor candle's guiding; Never, never, dark's subsiding, Night-time holds the bird no hiding. Death remains, and fear, and fear. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND OVERTONES by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY |
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