Songs I sang of lordly matters,
Life and death, and stars and sea;
Nothing of them now remains
But the song I sang for thee.
Vain the learned elaborate metres,
Vain the deeply pondered line;
All the rest are dust and ashes
But that little song of thine.
The Song That Lasts
Richard Le Gallienne
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Poem topics: death, life, sea, dust, thine, song, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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