Time is a taper waning fast!
Use it, man, well whilst it doth last:
Lest burning downwards it consume away,
Before thou hast commenced the labour 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.
Time is a leasehold of uncertain date!
Granted to thee by everlasting fate.
Neglect not thou, ere thy short term expire,
To save thy soul from ever-burning fire.
Amazing poem with awesome qualities of time incorporated in it. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing poem with awesome qualities of time incorporated in it. A superb imitation.Thanks for sharing.
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.
Rising seeds of love and life! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
" 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+++
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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.