THE SONNET IN OLD AGE <br /> <br />If to the sessions of sweet silent thought <br />one summons memories of sonnets long reread in mind <br />unsprings the blasted lyrics Time has left unpaged <br />dreams of other nights and other days <br />in quiet places long since lost in youth <br />where little lines embodied- Glory, Beauty, Truth. <br /> <br />Then Shakespeare Donne Keats, <br />Hopkins Milton Wordsworth Yeats <br />Obscuring lesser names and smaller shades <br />Inspire with dearer dearer life <br />Tranquillity's reflection <br />in old age, <br />Consoling our last moments <br />in God's praise.<br /><br />Shalom Freedman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-sonnet-in-old-age/
