Imitation Of The Olden Poets Comments
Time is a taper waning fast!
Use it, man, well whilst it doth last:
Lest burning downwards it consume away,
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" Time is a leasehold of uncertain date Granted to thee by everlasting fate" Amazing truth presented in a fabulous manner by the great soul. Worthy of classic poem of the Day.
Time is a pardon of a goodly soil! Plenty shall crown thine honest toil: But if uncultivated, rankest weeds Shall choke the efforts of the rising seeds... A lovely piece on time in a true classical style.
Time is a pardon of a goodly soil! Plenty shall crown thine honest toil: EXCELLENT AND GREAT 10+++
I really liked this one- it was literature not idle buffoonery. Life is getting shorter and I prefer to spend it with poems that have meat to them instead of idle silliness.
To many readers of English poetry, the name of Edward Lear is synonymous of Limerick form. Thoughts expressed here about time are worthy of a closer look and a deeper study. Thanks.
Amazing poem with awesome qualities of time incorporated in it. A superb imitation.Thanks for sharing.
Amazing poem with awesome qualities of time incorporated in it. Thanks for sharing.
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7/28/2025 6:54:33 AM # 1.0.0
Rising seeds of love and life! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.