The Stream of Life

Arthur Hugh Clough

1819 to 1861

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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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Parent and friend thy lapse attend,
We toil and earn, we seek and learn,
And houses stand on either hand,
A roar we hear upon thy shore,
The leafy trees are green.
Companions young and old.
And be above us still.
Scarce we divine a sun will shine
O life descending into death,
To which we flow, what do we know,
Strong purposes our mind possess,
Our hearts affections fill,
The fields the labourers till,
O end to which our currents tend,
As we our course fulfil;
The flow'rets blow, the grasses grow,
Our waking eyes behold,
O stream descending to the sea,
And thou descendest still.
Inevitable sea,
What shall we guess of thee?
And thou descendest still.
Thy mossy banks between,
In garden plots the children play,