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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A VOICE SPAKE OUT OF THE SKIES' 0, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Were nothing the next minute? Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Transience | |||
A voice spake out of the skies To a just man and a wise!- ! The world and all within it Will only last a minute!!' And a beggar began to cry ! Food, food or I die!'! Is it worth his while to eat, Or mine to give him meat, If the world and all within it Were nothing the next minute? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FROM THE SPANISH by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 17 by JAMES JOYCE SOUTHERN GOTHIC by DONALD JUSTICE THE BEACH IN AUGUST by WELDON KEES THE MAN SPLITTING WOOD IN THE DAYBREAK by GALWAY KINNELL THE SEEKONK WOODS by GALWAY KINNELL A CHARACTER by ALFRED TENNYSON |
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