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Poem
April 17, 1828
The Rhode Island Republican
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
What is this article about?
A meditative poem contrasting the regenerative cycles of sun, moon, trees, ocean, and natural elements with the irreversible finality of human death, isolation, and futile sorrow.
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"Suns will set, and moons will wane
Yet they will rise and wax again!
Trees, that winter's storms subdue
To their leafy livery renew;
Ebb and flow is ocean's lot:
But man lies down and rises not:
Heaven and earth shall pass away
Ere shall wake his slumbering clay
Vessels but to haven steer;
Paths denote a resting near;
Rivers flow into the main;
Ice falls rest upon the plain;
The final end all is known;
Man in darkness goes alone:
Cold, and doubt, and mystery,
Hide his future destiny.
Nile, whose waves their bound'ries burst,
Slakes the torrid desert's thirst;
Dew, descending on the hills,
Life in Nature's veins instils;
Snow that on the parch'd meads fall,
Their faded loveliness recall:
Man alone sheds tears of pain,
Woe's, but ever weeps in vain!"
"Suns will set, and moons will wane
Yet they will rise and wax again!
Trees, that winter's storms subdue
To their leafy livery renew;
Ebb and flow is ocean's lot:
But man lies down and rises not:
Heaven and earth shall pass away
Ere shall wake his slumbering clay
Vessels but to haven steer;
Paths denote a resting near;
Rivers flow into the main;
Ice falls rest upon the plain;
The final end all is known;
Man in darkness goes alone:
Cold, and doubt, and mystery,
Hide his future destiny.
Nile, whose waves their bound'ries burst,
Slakes the torrid desert's thirst;
Dew, descending on the hills,
Life in Nature's veins instils;
Snow that on the parch'd meads fall,
Their faded loveliness recall:
Man alone sheds tears of pain,
Woe's, but ever weeps in vain!"
What sub-type of article is it?
Elegy
What themes does it cover?
Death Mourning
What keywords are associated?
Mortality
Nature Renewal
Human Death
Suffering
Cyclical Life
What entities or persons were involved?
By The Same.
Poem Details
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Author
By The Same.
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Rhymed Couplets
Key Lines
But Man Lies Down And Rises Not:
Heaven And Earth Shall Pass Away
Ere Shall Wake His Slumbering Clay
Man Alone Sheds Tears Of Pain,
Woe's, But Ever Weeps In Vain!