Immortality
Ellis Parker Butler
I bowed my head in anguish sore When Life made Death his bride; “Soul, we are lost forever more!” Unto my soul I cried. “Nay, waste in wailing not thy breath,” My soul replied to me, “Behold! The child of Life and Death Is Immortality!”
Next 10 Poems
- Ellis Parker Butler : Jabed Meeker, Humorist
- Ellis Parker Butler : Little Ballads Of Timely Warning; I: On Dishonesty Arising From Ignorance
- Ellis Parker Butler : Little Ballads Of Timely Warning; Ii: On Malicious Cruelty To Harmless Creatures
- Ellis Parker Butler : Little Ballads Of Timely Warning; Iii: On Laziness And Its Resultant Ills
- Ellis Parker Butler : Mary Had A Little Frog
- Ellis Parker Butler : Maude's Valentine
- Ellis Parker Butler : Merry Christmas And Happy New Year!
- Ellis Parker Butler : Millennium
- Ellis Parker Butler : Mouths Of Hippopotami And Some Recent Novels
- Ellis Parker Butler : Night In The City
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