In Me, Past, Present, Future meet

Portrait of Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon 1886–1967

In me, past, present, future meet To hold long chiding conference. My lusts usurp the present tense And strangle Reason in his seat. My loves leap through the future's fence To dance with dream-enfranchised feet.

In me the cave-man clasps the seer, And garlanded Apollo goes Chanting to Abraham's deaf ear. In me the tiger sniffs the rose. Look in my heart, kind friends, and tremble, Since there your elements assemble.

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  1. Amy United States

    This is a really great poem. It expresses a lot of things that have to do with life and everyone being the same! You're really a great poet!

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