Changeless
Philip Bourke Marston
1850 to 1887
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Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.
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Though life, grown weary, parts at length from me;
We weary captive, and we weary free:
Wearies of earth, and leaves the happy lea;
Yea, though as one our lives may never be, —
Though joy remembered turns to deepest woe;
Suns set, moons rise, the stars do not endure.
Through life, in death, where none may reap or sow,
Weary we grow of grief, or too much glee;
The sailor lad grows weary of the shore;
Let this be as it is; — but this I know.
My love, O sweet, shall weary not of thee.
Tunes that charmed once fail, sometime, to allure.
The stormy winds grow weary of the sea;
The Spring, a maiden beautiful and pure,