Some starlit garden grey with dew,
Some chamber flushed with wine and fire,
What matters where, so I and you
Are worthy our desire?
Behind, a past that scolds and jeers
For ungirt loins and lamps unlit;
In front, the unmanageable years,
The trap upon the Pit;
Think on the shame of dreams for deeds,
The scandal of unnatural strife,
The slur upon immortal needs,
The treason done to life:
Arise! no more a living lie,
And with me quicken and control
Some memory that shall magnify
The universal Soul.
Some Starlit Garden Grey With Dew
William Ernest Henley
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Poem topics: fire, life, memory, desire, soul, garden, shame, universal, control, strife, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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