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The Flight Of Time: A Poem - Softcover

John Lowe

 
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Synopsis

The Flight Of Time: A Poem by John Lowe is a devotional verse written to reflect on the passing of the year and the swift flight of time. The poem opens with the tolling of midnight and the call to religious reflection, contrasting worldly revelry with sober duties of faith. Through a sequence of meditations, it traces how a year’s events—joys, sorrows, and the fragility of human life—are inscribed in memory and in the archives of Eternal Truth. The imagery moves from a rural funeral and a bereaved family to the example of a pious physician and a sister’s death, using personal losses to urge readers to redeem time and pursue moral improvement. The poet shifts from secular reflections on nature and seasons to a Christian program: repentance, prayer, and trust in Christ’s atonement as the path to eternal life. Ultimately, it affirms mortality, the immortality of the soul, and the promise of heavenly return for the faithful.

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