Blessings On Children
July 6, 2023The Portland Election Air/”The Parson And The Suckling Pig”
July 6, 2023To M.
IF in the summer of thy bright regard
For one brief season these poor Rhymes shall live
I ask no more, nor think my fate too hard
If other eyes but wintry looks should give;
Nor will I grieve though what I here have writ
O’er burdened Time should drop among the ways,
And to the unremembering dust commit
Beyond the praise and blame of other days:
The song doth pass, but I who sing, remain,
I pluck from Death’s own heart a life more deep,
And as the Spring, that dies not, in her train
Doth scatter blossoms for the Winds to reap,
So I, immortal, as I fare along,
Will strew my path with mortal flowers of song.
William Gay
William Gay (1941-2012) was an American novelist and poet from Tennessee. He was known for his gritty and dark works, which often explored the seedy underbelly of rural Southern life. Gay's poetry was highly influenced by the beatnik movement of the 1950s and 60s, and his most famous works include "The Christening" and "The Golden Road."