English Poetry. Bliss Carman. If Death be Good. Блисс Кармен.

Bliss Carman (Блисс Кармен)

If Death be Good

(Sappho LXXIV)
If death be good,
Why do the gods not die?
If life be ill,
Why do the gods still live?
If love be naught,
Why do the gods still love?
If love be all,
What should men do but love?

Bliss Carman’s other poems:

1. The Givers of Life
2. Spring’s Saraband
3. The Garden of Dreams
4. The Gift
5. A Creature Catechism

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