In the second stanza, the ocean is beset by winds, and the speaker a sailor; in the third stanza, the ocean is Eden, and the speaker is "rowing" there—a gentler sort of activity than trying to navigate a sailing ship home in a storm. The double nature of passion is thus ...
None of Callimachus's art survived the death of his civilization, according to the speaker. Even his famous "lamp" (once a symbol of endurance, because it only needed refilling once a year) has burned out and vanished. Yet the poem shows how the memory of Callimachus's spirit endures, ...
Death is the end of life; ah, whyShould life all labour be?Let us alone. Time driveth onward fast,And in a little while our lips are dumb.Let us alone. What is it that will last?All things are taken from us, and becomePortions and parcels of the dreadful past.Let us alone. ...
Trying to get along with Death And then untie ourselves from Earth Now we vacation on the moon And yes, we’ve flown beyond the stars And can you guess where I just sent this from? I’ll give you a hint- It’s Mars Now we can grow your bones for you ...
After the father’s death, the eldest son inherits his sire’s undifferenced arms (in Scotland) and other sons who matriculate arms lose these temporary brisures in favour of a system of “bordures” (borders). See Figure 2. Figure 2. The English system of cadency by brisures (top) ...
Cities, labors, death, animals, products, war, good and evil—these me, These affording, in all their particulars, endless feuillage to me and to America, how can I do less than pass the clew of the union of them, to afford the like to you?
As a golden bird, a work of art, he would be beyond decay or death and would therefore be unlike the “dying generations” of real birds mentioned in the first stanza. As a golden bird, he will be placed on a golden bough and will appear to be singing songs of all times, the ...
s death which was triggered by the bird’s death. Later, he starts telling his story to everyone he finds. Similarly, he tells his story to a person who was about to attend a wedding. After listening to the old mariner’s story, the wedding guest gets sad and keeps thinking about ...
Death is a physical energy that can drain and change an individual’s entire outlook on life as well as any joy that has been experienced. Some people are so affected that they see no relief in sight and want nothing more than that relief. What is amazingly captured by the author of ...
Sailing these seas, or on the hills, or waking in the night, Thoughts, silent thoughts, of Time, and Space, and Death, like waters flowing, Bear me, indeed, as through the regions infinite, Whose air I breathe, whose ripples hear—lave me all over; ...