Junius shares a gloomy perspective with Pagan, describing how the pastoral past is dead, replaced by industrialization that grinds up the hills and poisons the sky. He recites a poem by factory workers that expresses their dreary, endless toil from dawn to dusk with no rest for body or soul. Pagan dismisses Junius' complaints, but Junius vows to drink from the "new wine of woe" in order to truly capture the struggles of modern man in his art.
I have compiled this book so that you can get it printed. Its available in PDF form and you can download it, i will leave the option open. Its an anthology taught in NUML and students often have difficulty finding poems.
AND OTHER HYMNS AND POEMS LEFT BEHIND.
CHRIST OUR SACRIFICE 55
OUR FIRST AND LAST 57
"THE WORLD PASSETH AWAY " . . . .59
"LEAVING US AN EXAMPLE" 61
THE LIGHT OF LIFE 62
" SET YOUR AFFECTION ON THINGS ABOVE " . .64
" BOW DOWN THINE EAR " 68
ONLY FOR A SEASON JO
"HEREIN IS LOVE" 73
Poetry Without Borders: Places and Memoriesrmpalacios
This summary provides an overview of 3 poems exchanged between Gottfried Benn and Else Lasker-Schüler about love and memory in Berlin in the early 1900s. Else Lasker-Schüler's first poem expresses her clinging love for Benn and the pain of their separation. Benn's response does not offer consolation, describing his solitary path. Lasker-Schüler's second poem depicts her continued longing through painting his face on her room walls and feeling the weight of stars.
This document provides a brief history of Lebanon in 3 paragraphs:
1) Lebanon has a rich history dating back over 7,000 years to the Canaanites and Phoenicians. It came under Roman rule in 64 BC and became a center of Christianity. Arab Muslims later conquered the area.
2) The Maronite Church was established in Mount Lebanon during Roman times and the Maronites were able to hold onto their Christian faith despite later Arab rule. The Druze religion was also established in Mount Lebanon.
3) Key events in Lebanon's history include the Crusades during which the Maronites reconnected with the Catholic Church. The country's position at cultural crossroads has led to an identity
This document is a collection of poems titled "Tears of My Drum" by S.O. Adebayo. It contains 16 poems of varying lengths focused on themes of love, art, spirituality, and African culture. The poems utilize vivid imagery and metaphorical language.
The vigil , a poem in memoriam of the rev. william pomeroy ogleComing Up
The poem describes the author's spirit wandering at night over the sea to England. It arrives on the lonely shore of an island, where a solitary sea-bird cries out in the darkness. The bird's cry echoes across the beach, unable to be drowned out by the crashing waves or frightened away. The bird flies restlessly between the air, earth, and sea, seeming to await a ominous summons. The spirit then travels to the church in Brentwood.
This document contains several poems written from different perspectives. The poems cover topics such as memories of childhood, relationships, political turmoil, and observations of daily life. Overall the poems explore themes of loss, longing, and the passage of time through vivid imagery and personal reflections.
Harrisons amusing picture book of poetry and humor, 1800Chuck Thompson
Harrisons amusing picture book of poetry and humor, 1800. From the days long gone. A childrens book from the very beginning of the 19th century. Nice bit of history. Gloucester, Virginia Links and News website. Visit us. http://www.gloucestercounty-va.com
I have compiled this book so that you can get it printed. Its available in PDF form and you can download it, i will leave the option open. Its an anthology taught in NUML and students often have difficulty finding poems.
AND OTHER HYMNS AND POEMS LEFT BEHIND.
CHRIST OUR SACRIFICE 55
OUR FIRST AND LAST 57
"THE WORLD PASSETH AWAY " . . . .59
"LEAVING US AN EXAMPLE" 61
THE LIGHT OF LIFE 62
" SET YOUR AFFECTION ON THINGS ABOVE " . .64
" BOW DOWN THINE EAR " 68
ONLY FOR A SEASON JO
"HEREIN IS LOVE" 73
Poetry Without Borders: Places and Memoriesrmpalacios
This summary provides an overview of 3 poems exchanged between Gottfried Benn and Else Lasker-Schüler about love and memory in Berlin in the early 1900s. Else Lasker-Schüler's first poem expresses her clinging love for Benn and the pain of their separation. Benn's response does not offer consolation, describing his solitary path. Lasker-Schüler's second poem depicts her continued longing through painting his face on her room walls and feeling the weight of stars.
This document provides a brief history of Lebanon in 3 paragraphs:
1) Lebanon has a rich history dating back over 7,000 years to the Canaanites and Phoenicians. It came under Roman rule in 64 BC and became a center of Christianity. Arab Muslims later conquered the area.
2) The Maronite Church was established in Mount Lebanon during Roman times and the Maronites were able to hold onto their Christian faith despite later Arab rule. The Druze religion was also established in Mount Lebanon.
3) Key events in Lebanon's history include the Crusades during which the Maronites reconnected with the Catholic Church. The country's position at cultural crossroads has led to an identity
This document is a collection of poems titled "Tears of My Drum" by S.O. Adebayo. It contains 16 poems of varying lengths focused on themes of love, art, spirituality, and African culture. The poems utilize vivid imagery and metaphorical language.
The vigil , a poem in memoriam of the rev. william pomeroy ogleComing Up
The poem describes the author's spirit wandering at night over the sea to England. It arrives on the lonely shore of an island, where a solitary sea-bird cries out in the darkness. The bird's cry echoes across the beach, unable to be drowned out by the crashing waves or frightened away. The bird flies restlessly between the air, earth, and sea, seeming to await a ominous summons. The spirit then travels to the church in Brentwood.
This document contains several poems written from different perspectives. The poems cover topics such as memories of childhood, relationships, political turmoil, and observations of daily life. Overall the poems explore themes of loss, longing, and the passage of time through vivid imagery and personal reflections.
Harrisons amusing picture book of poetry and humor, 1800Chuck Thompson
Harrisons amusing picture book of poetry and humor, 1800. From the days long gone. A childrens book from the very beginning of the 19th century. Nice bit of history. Gloucester, Virginia Links and News website. Visit us. http://www.gloucestercounty-va.com
Hyperion or the Evening Star ok Emanuela Atanasiu-Elenusz
On 15th of January we, the Romanians, celebrate our national poet"s day. He is Mihail Eminescu, a genius of poetry. Hyperion (or The Evening Star) is the longest and one of the most beautiful love poems ever written. Hope you'll enjoy reading as much as I enjoyed working this pps, a modest creation in memoriam Mihail Eminescu.
5 john milton poems biography intro themeMohdVaris
If you are looking for milton poet or john milton poems. So we have world famous 5 john milton poems. Like Lycidas poem, On shakespeare poem, On time poem, etc. With biography, intro, theme.
The comedy of errors - william shakespeareLibripass
Two sets of identical twins provide the basis for ongoing incidents of mistaken identity, within a lively plot of quarrels, arrests, and a grand courtroom denouement. One of Shakespeare's earliest dramatic efforts,...
The merry wives of windsor - william shakespeareLibripass
When a new play was required at short notice for a court occasion in 1597, Shakespeare created The Merry Wives of Windsor, a warm-hearted and spirited "citizen comedy" filled with boisterous action, situational...
This document provides a summary of American poetry from the 1900s, highlighting several notable poets from that era. It discusses Paul Laurence Dunbar as the first African American poet to make a living from writing. It also mentions poets Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Edna Millay, Sylvia Plath, Carl Sandburg, and Wallace Stevens, providing brief biographical details and examples of their works.
This document discusses how having an understanding of "Shoe Obsession Disorder" can help boost one's career. It notes that while men may not understand the fascination with shoes, women often swoon over them and discuss them at length. The article explores why shoes are so meaningful for many women, with quotes noting they represent fun, personality, sex appeal, comfort and instant image changes. It suggests men and career-focused women should learn about this phenomenon and how appreciating it can strengthen professional relationships and social skills.
The document contains several poems and short stories on various themes:
1) A poem about Saint Jerome depicts the saint eternally kneeling in penitence.
2) A poem suggests Shakespeare's characters like Hamlet and Lady Macbeth may have benefited from antidepressants.
3) A poem envisions a utopian world where gods of different religions coexist harmoniously.
4) Two sonnets - one questions the depth of a lover's affection, the other desires dreamless sleep.
5) Short stories include Barbie dolls dealing with a melted pink sofa and sibling rivalry.
The project gutenberg e book of the book of the thousand nightsAndrei Hortúa
This document provides an introduction and summary for the translated work "The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night" by Richard F. Burton. The introduction describes Burton's history translating the work while exiled in Africa and South America, finding it a source of escape. It summarizes the contents of Volume 1 including stories, tales, and sections on characters like Shahryar and Shahzaman. The introduction aims to transport readers to Arabia through vivid descriptions and explains the work's popularity among Arab audiences.
William Shakespeare's play Cymbeline tells the story of Imogen, daughter of King Cymbeline of Britain, who marries Posthumus against her father's wishes. The King banishes Posthumus and imprisons Imogen. Posthumus doubts Imogen's fidelity and hires Iachimo to test her virtue. Iachimo witnesses Imogen sleeping and convinces Posthumus she was unfaithful. Distraught, Posthumus orders his servant Pisanio to kill Imogen.
William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet widely considered the greatest writer in the English language. He wrote 38 plays, 154 sonnets, and several other poems. His plays are performed frequently and have been translated into every major living language. Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 and began his career in London in the 1580s as an actor, writer, and part owner of a theater company. He retired to Stratford around 1613 and died three years later.
Vachel Lindsay's poem "The Congo" depicts scenes from African tribal life along the Congo River in three sections:
1. "Their Basic Savagery" introduces the rhythmic sounds and dances of the Congo, depicting the tribesmen as primitive.
2. "Their Irrepressible High Spirits" shifts to portraying a more joyous side of tribal culture through descriptions of celebrations and dances.
3. "The Hope of Their Religion" concludes on an optimistic note as the tribesmen find salvation through an intense religious revival, abandoning their old gods and superstitions.
This document provides a summary of William Shakespeare's early life and career. It notes that little is known about his early years, but that he married Anne Hathaway in 1582 and had three children by 1585. From 1592-1594, his activities are unknown. In 1594, he became a leading member of The Lord Chamberlain's Men theatrical troupe. He wrote plays for this company that are still frequently performed today.
This document provides course contents for an advanced reading skills course, including summaries of 3 poems and 2 songs. It outlines works studied such as sonnets by Shakespeare and Milton, songs by Christina Rossetti and John Donne, dramatic monologues from Browning and Shakespeare, elegies by Gray and Thomas, a ballad by Keats, odes by Shelley and Keats, and free verse by Pound. It also lists one-act plays by Koss, Chekov and Gregory.
This document is the first chapter of the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. It introduces the narrator, Mr. Lockwood, as he visits the home of his landlord Mr. Heathcliff at Wuthering Heights. Mr. Heathcliff is described as a dark-skinned gypsy who lives in a remote, stark home on the moors with his dog and servants. Mr. Lockwood finds Mr. Heathcliff to be quite reserved and hostile in their initial meeting.
Excellent depiction of How Shaddai sends HIS son Emmanuel to win Mansoul...The warfare is to make Mansoul recognise & realise HIS Father's Love for Mansoul
Caw Caw Chronicle is a 19th century children's book with great illustrations throughout. It's a story about Crows. Gloucester, Virginia Links and News website. Visit us for more incredible content.
This document provides an overview of William Shakespeare and some of his major plays and sonnets. It discusses Shakespeare's background, some of his most famous plays including Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, and Measure for Measure. It also summarizes 3 of Shakespeare's sonnets. Key details about characters, plots, and important quotes are provided for several of Shakespeare's plays. Useful websites for further understanding Shakespeare's works are also listed.
This document provides an overview of William Shakespeare and some of his major plays and sonnets. It discusses Shakespeare's background, some of his most famous plays including Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, and Measure for Measure. It also summarizes 3 of Shakespeare's sonnets. Key details about characters and important quotes are provided for selected plays. Websites for further understanding Shakespeare's works are also listed.
Vol. 2 secular annotations on scripture texts.GLENN PEASE
NOTE; This book is available for 26 to 46 dollars because it is a collector's item, but you can read it here free. It has defects in ways but still conveys the wisdom of this great author of the past.
This document contains a collection of poems and sermons in rhyme on various biblical and spiritual topics. The poems range from 3 to 6 stanzas and address themes like peace, forgiveness, hypocrisy, salvation, heaven, and more. They utilize rhyme and metaphor to convey messages about living according to God's will and finding meaning, hope and comfort in faith.
This document is a summary of the contents of the book "The Wanderings of Oisin" by William Butler Yeats. It contains 3 chapters:
Book I introduces Oisin and St. Patrick, with Oisin recalling his time with the goddess Niamh and the Tuatha De Danann people. Book II and Book III continue Oisin's recollections and wanderings with Niamh in the lands of eternal youth. The summary provides context and sets up the story that will be told across the 3 chapters of the book.
This poem summarizes the author's experience shopping in Oxford over 24 years. It describes wandering through the town at night and coming to appreciate its beauty and kindness. It praises the courtesy of shopkeepers, recounting how purchases were always accompanied by a friendly smile. The author reflects on the patience shopkeepers must have for dealing with customers. Several shops are mentioned where the author enjoys browsing for books and stationery supplies for writing.
Hyperion or the Evening Star ok Emanuela Atanasiu-Elenusz
On 15th of January we, the Romanians, celebrate our national poet"s day. He is Mihail Eminescu, a genius of poetry. Hyperion (or The Evening Star) is the longest and one of the most beautiful love poems ever written. Hope you'll enjoy reading as much as I enjoyed working this pps, a modest creation in memoriam Mihail Eminescu.
5 john milton poems biography intro themeMohdVaris
If you are looking for milton poet or john milton poems. So we have world famous 5 john milton poems. Like Lycidas poem, On shakespeare poem, On time poem, etc. With biography, intro, theme.
The comedy of errors - william shakespeareLibripass
Two sets of identical twins provide the basis for ongoing incidents of mistaken identity, within a lively plot of quarrels, arrests, and a grand courtroom denouement. One of Shakespeare's earliest dramatic efforts,...
The merry wives of windsor - william shakespeareLibripass
When a new play was required at short notice for a court occasion in 1597, Shakespeare created The Merry Wives of Windsor, a warm-hearted and spirited "citizen comedy" filled with boisterous action, situational...
This document provides a summary of American poetry from the 1900s, highlighting several notable poets from that era. It discusses Paul Laurence Dunbar as the first African American poet to make a living from writing. It also mentions poets Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Edna Millay, Sylvia Plath, Carl Sandburg, and Wallace Stevens, providing brief biographical details and examples of their works.
This document discusses how having an understanding of "Shoe Obsession Disorder" can help boost one's career. It notes that while men may not understand the fascination with shoes, women often swoon over them and discuss them at length. The article explores why shoes are so meaningful for many women, with quotes noting they represent fun, personality, sex appeal, comfort and instant image changes. It suggests men and career-focused women should learn about this phenomenon and how appreciating it can strengthen professional relationships and social skills.
The document contains several poems and short stories on various themes:
1) A poem about Saint Jerome depicts the saint eternally kneeling in penitence.
2) A poem suggests Shakespeare's characters like Hamlet and Lady Macbeth may have benefited from antidepressants.
3) A poem envisions a utopian world where gods of different religions coexist harmoniously.
4) Two sonnets - one questions the depth of a lover's affection, the other desires dreamless sleep.
5) Short stories include Barbie dolls dealing with a melted pink sofa and sibling rivalry.
The project gutenberg e book of the book of the thousand nightsAndrei Hortúa
This document provides an introduction and summary for the translated work "The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night" by Richard F. Burton. The introduction describes Burton's history translating the work while exiled in Africa and South America, finding it a source of escape. It summarizes the contents of Volume 1 including stories, tales, and sections on characters like Shahryar and Shahzaman. The introduction aims to transport readers to Arabia through vivid descriptions and explains the work's popularity among Arab audiences.
William Shakespeare's play Cymbeline tells the story of Imogen, daughter of King Cymbeline of Britain, who marries Posthumus against her father's wishes. The King banishes Posthumus and imprisons Imogen. Posthumus doubts Imogen's fidelity and hires Iachimo to test her virtue. Iachimo witnesses Imogen sleeping and convinces Posthumus she was unfaithful. Distraught, Posthumus orders his servant Pisanio to kill Imogen.
William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet widely considered the greatest writer in the English language. He wrote 38 plays, 154 sonnets, and several other poems. His plays are performed frequently and have been translated into every major living language. Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 and began his career in London in the 1580s as an actor, writer, and part owner of a theater company. He retired to Stratford around 1613 and died three years later.
Vachel Lindsay's poem "The Congo" depicts scenes from African tribal life along the Congo River in three sections:
1. "Their Basic Savagery" introduces the rhythmic sounds and dances of the Congo, depicting the tribesmen as primitive.
2. "Their Irrepressible High Spirits" shifts to portraying a more joyous side of tribal culture through descriptions of celebrations and dances.
3. "The Hope of Their Religion" concludes on an optimistic note as the tribesmen find salvation through an intense religious revival, abandoning their old gods and superstitions.
This document provides a summary of William Shakespeare's early life and career. It notes that little is known about his early years, but that he married Anne Hathaway in 1582 and had three children by 1585. From 1592-1594, his activities are unknown. In 1594, he became a leading member of The Lord Chamberlain's Men theatrical troupe. He wrote plays for this company that are still frequently performed today.
This document provides course contents for an advanced reading skills course, including summaries of 3 poems and 2 songs. It outlines works studied such as sonnets by Shakespeare and Milton, songs by Christina Rossetti and John Donne, dramatic monologues from Browning and Shakespeare, elegies by Gray and Thomas, a ballad by Keats, odes by Shelley and Keats, and free verse by Pound. It also lists one-act plays by Koss, Chekov and Gregory.
This document is the first chapter of the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. It introduces the narrator, Mr. Lockwood, as he visits the home of his landlord Mr. Heathcliff at Wuthering Heights. Mr. Heathcliff is described as a dark-skinned gypsy who lives in a remote, stark home on the moors with his dog and servants. Mr. Lockwood finds Mr. Heathcliff to be quite reserved and hostile in their initial meeting.
Excellent depiction of How Shaddai sends HIS son Emmanuel to win Mansoul...The warfare is to make Mansoul recognise & realise HIS Father's Love for Mansoul
Caw Caw Chronicle is a 19th century children's book with great illustrations throughout. It's a story about Crows. Gloucester, Virginia Links and News website. Visit us for more incredible content.
This document provides an overview of William Shakespeare and some of his major plays and sonnets. It discusses Shakespeare's background, some of his most famous plays including Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, and Measure for Measure. It also summarizes 3 of Shakespeare's sonnets. Key details about characters, plots, and important quotes are provided for several of Shakespeare's plays. Useful websites for further understanding Shakespeare's works are also listed.
This document provides an overview of William Shakespeare and some of his major plays and sonnets. It discusses Shakespeare's background, some of his most famous plays including Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, and Measure for Measure. It also summarizes 3 of Shakespeare's sonnets. Key details about characters and important quotes are provided for selected plays. Websites for further understanding Shakespeare's works are also listed.
Vol. 2 secular annotations on scripture texts.GLENN PEASE
NOTE; This book is available for 26 to 46 dollars because it is a collector's item, but you can read it here free. It has defects in ways but still conveys the wisdom of this great author of the past.
This document contains a collection of poems and sermons in rhyme on various biblical and spiritual topics. The poems range from 3 to 6 stanzas and address themes like peace, forgiveness, hypocrisy, salvation, heaven, and more. They utilize rhyme and metaphor to convey messages about living according to God's will and finding meaning, hope and comfort in faith.
This document is a summary of the contents of the book "The Wanderings of Oisin" by William Butler Yeats. It contains 3 chapters:
Book I introduces Oisin and St. Patrick, with Oisin recalling his time with the goddess Niamh and the Tuatha De Danann people. Book II and Book III continue Oisin's recollections and wanderings with Niamh in the lands of eternal youth. The summary provides context and sets up the story that will be told across the 3 chapters of the book.
This poem summarizes the author's experience shopping in Oxford over 24 years. It describes wandering through the town at night and coming to appreciate its beauty and kindness. It praises the courtesy of shopkeepers, recounting how purchases were always accompanied by a friendly smile. The author reflects on the patience shopkeepers must have for dealing with customers. Several shops are mentioned where the author enjoys browsing for books and stationery supplies for writing.
A very interesting book of poetry covering both secular and sacred themes, many of which are seldom found in poetry, and thus the title Unfrequented Paths.
1)Read chapter 20 in CoffinStacey. (read something about Coffin.docxNarcisaBrandenburg70
1)
Read chapter 20 in Coffin/Stacey.
(read something about Coffin/Stacey and write just one pragpragh about it)
2)
read some selections of
Romantic Poems
and write a one-page paper in which you examine some of the main characteristics of the Romantic era. Please be sure to include quoted material.
Romantic Poems
:
Samuel Coleridge
, "Kubla Khan" (1798)
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree;
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
So twice five miles of fertile ground
With walls and towers were girdled round;
And here were gardens bright with sinuous rills
Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
And here were forests ancient as the hills,
Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
But O, that deep romantic chasm which slanted
Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!
A savage place! as holy and enchanted
As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted
By woman wailing for her demon-lover!
And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething,
As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing,
A mighty fountain momently was forced;
Amid whose swift, half-intermittent burst
Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,
Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail.
And 'mid these dancing rocks at once and ever
It flung up momently the sacred river.
Five miles meandering with a mazy motion
Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,
Then reached the caverns measureless to man,
And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean;
And 'mid this tumult Kubla heard from far
Ancestral voices prophesying war!
The shadow of the dome of pleasure
Floated midway on the waves;
Where was heard the mingled measure
From the fountain and the caves.
It was a miracle of rare device,
A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!
A damsel with a dulcimer
In a vision once I saw.
It was an Abyssinian maid,
And on her dulcimer she played,
Singing of Mount Abora.
`Could I revive within me
Her symphony and song,
To such a deep delight 'twould win me
That with music loud and long,
I would build that dome in air,
That sunny dome! those caves of ice!
And all who heard should see them there,
And all should cry, Beware! Beware!
His flashing eyes, his floating hair!
Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread,
For he on honey-dew hath fed,
And drunk the milk of Paradise.
William Wordsworth
, "The Solitary Reaper" (1807)
Behold her, single in the field,
Yon solitary Highland Lassl
leaping and singing by herself;
Stop here, or gently passl
Alone she cuts and binds the grain,
And sings a melancholy strahl;
O listen for the Vale profound
Is overflowing with the sound.
No Nightingale did ever chaunt
More welcome notes to weary bands
Of travellers in some shally haunt,
Among Arabian sands:
A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard
In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird,
Breaking the silence of the seas
Among the farthest Hebrides.
Will no on.
The document contains a collection of poems and creative writing pieces by M.H. for an English 10 poetry project. It includes a blackout poem, acrostic poem, song lyrics analysis, poetic devices analysis, summaries of 5 poems by different poets, an imitation poem based on "Hope is the Thing with Feathers", and a prose paragraph about creating. The works cover a variety of poetic forms and analyze literary elements like similes, rhyme, and repetition.
This poem by Lord Byron reflects on the passage of time and how it continues to move forward regardless of one's circumstances. He acknowledges time's role in bringing both joy and sorrow, as it allows memories of past loved ones but also brings the speaker closer to his own death. While time can deform the present, the speaker takes comfort knowing its effects will ultimately be fleeting and meaningless once he is gone and reduced to "a nameless stone."
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English 2202
Selected Victorian Poetry: Tennyson, Browning,
Arnold and Rossetti
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Dover Beach (1842)
Matthew Arnold
THE SEA is calm to-night.
The tide is full, the moon lies fair
Upon the straits;—on the French coast the light
Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand,
Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay. 5
Come to the window, sweet is the night-air!
Only, from the long line of spray
Where the sea meets the moon-blanch’d sand,
Listen! you hear the grating roar
Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling, 10
At their return, up the high strand,
Begin, and cease, and then again begin,
With tremulous cadence slow, and bring
The eternal note of sadness in.
Sophocles long ago 15
Heard it on the Ægæan, and it brought
Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow
Of human misery; we
Find also in the sound a thought,
Hearing it by this distant northern sea. 20
The sea of faith
Was once, too, at the full, and round earth’s shore
Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl’d.
But now I only hear
Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, 25
Retreating, to the breath
Of the night-winds, down the vast edges drear
And naked shingles of the world.
Ah, love, let us be true
To one another! for the world, which seems 30
To lie before us like a land of dreams,
So various, so beautiful, so new,
Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,
Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;
And we are here as on a darkling plain 35
Swept with confus’d alarms of struggle and flight,
Where ignorant armies clash by night.
Memorial Verses (1850)
Matthew Arnold
GOETHE in Weimar sleeps, and Greece,
Long since, saw Byron’s struggle cease.
But one such death remain’d to come;
The last poetic voice is dumb—
We stand to-day by Wordsworth’s tomb. 5
3
When Byron’s eyes were shut in death,
We bow’d our head and held our breath.
He taught us little; but our soul
Had felt him like the thunder’s roll.
With shivering heart the strife we saw 10
Of passion with eternal law;
And yet with reverential awe
We watch’d the fount of fiery life
Which serv’d for that Titanic strife.
When Goethe’s death was told, we said: 15
Sunk, then, is Europe’s sagest head.
Physician of the iron age,
Goethe has done his pilgrimage.
He took the suffering human race,
He read each wound, each weakness clear: 20
And struck his finger on the place,
And said: Thou ailest here, and here!
He look’d on Europe’s dying hour
Of fitful dream and feverish power;
His eye plunged down the weltering strife, 25
The turmoil of expiring life—
He said: The end is everywhere,
Art still has truth, take refuge there!
And he was happy, if to know
Causes of ...
The document is a collection of poems about nature and nostalgia. It includes 3 short poems: one about a swallow remembering its homeland, one addressing a seagull flying freely over the sea, and one reflecting on youth and how we cannot regain our past. The poems express themes of longing for the past, the freedom of birds, and finding beauty and memories in nature.
This document provides an overview of Victorian poets Alfred Tennyson, Robert Browning, and Matthew Arnold. It discusses their backgrounds, major works, and poetic forms. It analyzes Tennyson's long poem "In Memoriam A.H.H." which mourned the loss of his friend Arthur Hallam and explored grief, faith, and homoerotic love. It also examines Browning's dramatic monologue "My Last Duchess" told from the perspective of a manipulative Duke, and Arnold's dramatic lyric "Dover Beach" which reflected on loss of faith. The document promotes considering these poems through queer readings that acknowledge Victorian anxieties around same-sex affection.
The poem describes the cloud as a shape-shifting entity that brings both life and destruction. It provides rain, snow, hail, and thunder, nourishing plants and landscapes but also unleashing powerful storms. The cloud is portrayed as a free spirit that travels the skies, sometimes resting on mountains and sometimes carried by the winds. It helps create natural phenomena like rainbows, sunrises, and sunsets. The cloud sees itself as eternally changing yet immortal, rebuilding itself after storms dissipate.
The poem describes the cloud as a shape-shifting entity that brings both life and destruction. It provides rain, snow, hail, and thunder, nourishing plants and landscapes but also unleashing powerful storms. The cloud is guided by the sun, moon, winds and other forces of nature as it drifts across the sky, sometimes appearing as gentle fog and other times towering thunderheads. It is an ever-changing part of the natural world that cannot truly die, rising again after storms have passed.
Poetry Without Borders: Musings About Nature Fall 2010rmpalacios
The document contains several poems in different languages and styles. It begins with "Confession" by Alfonsina Storni about sinning like roses that die of thirst. It then includes brief poems about wandering through mists by Hermann Hesse, the wide and sad land by Van Wyk Louw, and a shrub by Keven Sandoval. It concludes with Giacomo Leopardi's poem about a lonely sparrow watching other birds joyfully wheel through the sky while it gazes apart and consumes its life with plaintive music.
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This poem by Andrew Marvell describes a "gallery" or collection within the speaker's mind containing various portraits or representations of his love interest, Clora. The gallery walls are decorated with "arras-hangings" made up of many faces. The only furniture contained within is Clora's picture in the speaker's mind. The gallery contains opposing portraits - one depicting Clora as a cruel "murderess" examining the speaker's heart, and another portraying her like the dawn goddess Aurora when she appears beautifully at dawn. The speaker invites Clora to view this interior gallery within his soul and mind.
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1 GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON1She walks in beauty, like the nigh.docxmercysuttle
1 GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON
1
She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellowed to that tender light 5
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
2
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o’er her face; 10
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling place.
3
And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow, 15
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!
2. PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, 5
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal these words appear:
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: 10
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
3. Ode on a Grecian Urn
JOHN KEATS
I
Thou still unravished bride of quietness,
Thou foster-child of silence and slow time,
Sylvan1 historian, who canst thus express
A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme:
What leaf-fringed legend haunts about thy shape 5
Of deities or mortals, or of both,
In Tempe or the dales of Arcady?
What men or gods are these? What maidens loth?
What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape?
What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy? 10
II
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;
Not to the sensual ear, but, more endeared,
Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone:
Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave 15
Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare;
Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss,
Though winning near the goal—yet, do not grieve;
She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss,
For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair! 20
1Of the woodland.
First published in Annals of the Fine Arts, December, 1819. Reprinted with minor changes in John Keats, Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems in 1820.
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III
Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed
Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu;
And, happy melodist, unwearièd,
For ever piping songs for ever new;
More happy love! more happy, happy love! 25
For ever warm and still to be enjoyed,
For ever panting, and for ever young—
All breathing human passion far above,
That leaves a heart high-sorrowful and cloyed,
A burning forehead, and a parching tongue. 30
IV
Who are these coming to the sacrifice?
To what green altar, O m ...
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15. THE WIDOWED EARTH
PROLOGUE. NEW WINE
You pipe of golden years,
And dream that Pan appears
Beneath the tangled trees,
Or by the shady pine,
With Bacchic hosts that dine
And dance with naiades.
You blow the mellow praise
Of dead, romantic days.
Till knights begin to gleam
And flash before your eyes,
And charge the kings that rise
By castled hill and stream.
What if you pipe and sing?
Not all your reeds can bring
To life your mythic year!
For earth is old and wise,
And all her mountains rise
Through forests gray and sear.
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16. THE WIDOWED EARTH
Then gone, forever gone,
Is earth's Arcadian lawn;
And so, let pagans weep
For nymphs in leafy glade.
For all the feasts they made,
For gods and men who sleep.
But shall I quake and dread
Because the past is dead?
Nay, fool! This is the time
To change my coat and fare.
To crop my tangled hair.
And build the living rhyme.
Wherefore, a curse on Pan!
For I shall sing of man!
Of man, I smite and go
Through all the ranging keys
Of human melodies
That spring from present woe!
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17. I. THE PAGAN
It is night. Pagan strolls along the streets of
a great city reveling in the sights that are new as
IV ell as old.
Pagan
Right glad I am at last,
To leave the swaying mast
Behind; to seek again
The pleasant ways of men,
Exploring every street
Where friendly pagans meet.
Aha, see here displayed
Whatever man has made
Of gold! Old pirate would
Make booty of this store
Of stones and costly ore,
These rings and tropic wood!
If I were not content.
And now on pleasure bent.
It would be kingly sport
To rob this wealthy port!
Enter Youth and Junius. The last is some paces
behind and continues to stand at a distance.
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18. THE WIDOWED EARTH
Pagan
What luck ! Here comes a strong
And thoughtful youth. A man
Whose face is lean and long
Will surely fit my plan.
Sir Youth, yon moody man
In rags, tell me, how can
He look so cynical
About the carnival?
Youth
The man in rags? Aye so.
Yon Junius, Sir, you know,
Has neither house nor purse;
Therefore, whereof to curse!
Pagan
Indeed, a sounding name,
A very sounding name
Youth
But hard unfeeling minds,
Or hearts where pity finds
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19. THE PAGAN
No place, would care to run
His name into a pun.
My Sir, it would appall
If you could know him all
And all, could stand with him
Upon the very rim
Of immortality,
And then, yes, then, should see
Great hopes and splendid power
Receding hour by hour!
Pagan
What tale of woe is this?
On me such ravings miss
Their mark. Behold me now!
No foolish thoughts endow
My heart with weak pity.
But look, and truly see
I am a man at home
Wherever sailors roam.
Can I be weak or sick
When pleasures lie so thick?
Aha, see here displayed
All fruits of skill and trade;
Yes, every sensuous thing
The art of man can bring!
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20. THE WIDOWED EARTH
Behold these lofty piles,
Whose goodly courts and aisles
Are paved with wood and stone
That kings would fight to own.
And here, upon this wall,
Great silken curtains fall.
Of webbed lace as white
As foam-draped Aphrodite.
And there, is savory meat,
With wines both sharp and sweet,
Perfumes, and fruit, and spice.
Yes, all that can entice
The pagan heart! Here too,
The while my wonder grew,
I heard the rhythmic beat
Of many choral feet.
Of voices wrought in song
With laughter echoed long.
Shall happy men repent?
Not I ! This world was meant
To be the variant toy
That brings us health and joy!
Youth
And hence, no sorrows roll
Across your hardened soul!
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21. THE PAGAN
Pagan
Well, no, for when at last
The watch upon the mast
Spies out the home city
Across the shining sea,
Then the heart is glad!
For all the crew is mad
With joy to see the land
Whereon the cities stand.
'Twas so last night. There lay
The towns across the bay,
Gray white along the west
As Phoebus came to rest
Behind such clouds as lie
Along a sunset sky!
We watched until the day
Was gone. The mansions lay
In shadows as the gown
Of ebon night sank down
Upon the painted town.
And then a timid light
Defied engulfing night;
It was a kindling spark
That smote the gloom and dark
Until the wide city
Became one galaxy
Of starry pageantry!
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22. THE WIDOWED EARTH
Youth
I, too, have looked amazed
Upon great towns emblazed,
Until there came a note
Across the ocean moat,
A boding voice, that moaned
And died, and growing droned
Like distant tides at sea
That come eventually
To seize with crushing grip
Upon the aspen ship!
This boding minstrelsy
Of runic murmurs swelled
In chords that laughed and
knelled
Until their shriek and cry
Moaned of the souls that die
!
Pagan
Ha, ha! The changeful tune
Is not a mystic rune!
It is the cry of steel
And trenchant grinding wheel;
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23. THE PAGAN
Or seething melting pot
Of metals whitcd hot,
With echoes of the street
Where Cork and Aden meet!
Youth
Perhaps, but I can see
Its boding mystery.
Pagan
Ha, ha! I weep to see
Such gloomy fantasy!
{Junius steps nearer)
Well, now, my moody knight,
That scornest all delight,
Tell me, at carnival
Are not we friends to all ?
Therefore, tell us your name.
Your part and jest.
Junius
My name? My Sir, a name
Is not a name, except
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24. THE WIDOWED EARTH
The wit of some adept
Link it with jest or shame.
Wherefore, my brazen man,
But only waiting can,
With truth, disclose to thee
My soul in misery.
Pagan
Well, now, in every speech
My friends begin to preach
!
Alack, the fates will send
Me to a tragic end!
Indeed, what shall I seek?
For when I dare to speak
The brooding landsman grows
Vehement or morose.
The fates will make of me
The sport of sympathy.
But fie! I know a cup
That lifts the spirits up
!
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25. II. THE UPAS TREE
// is morning, and Pagan is early upon the
streets. The crowds are just beginning to hurry by.
Pagan
The day begins, but gray
And sombre vapors lay
Far-streaked and mingled by
The towers that reach the sky.
The narrow sinuous street
Cuts by the granite feet
Of giant piles, whose cold
Hard walls, steel-ribbed and old,
Look insurmountable.
The gorge between is dense
With men, impassable.
Except to many tense
And haggard men, weak spawn
Who drift and eddy on
I know not where. Forlorn
Is day a very morn!
For in this dismal place
I see no choral face.
Or sign of carnival
From night's gay capital.
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26. THE WIDOWED EARTH
(Enter Junius)
What now? The moody leer
Of yonder cavalier
Recalls a starry light
I saw on yester night.
Here, then, I have a guide,
And earth is not so wide,
But that through him I may
Begin to clear away
This rune of night and day.
The jest, my man, the jest!
Junius
My weary soul be blest!
But why tell you the jest?
Indeed, my name might be,
Junius, in raillery;
Again, some call me Job,
Since I must wear his robe.
But now, that you are mine,
I give you tears for wine.
I say the past is dead,
For hills where shepherds fed
Their flocks and piped a tune
From dawn till drowsy noon
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27. THE UPAS TREE
Are now a heap of slag!
See where the toilers drag
The disembowelled hills
Up to the maws of mills;
And where by giant wheel,
By cold resistless steel,
By measured steady shock,
They grind the living rock!
At last earth's treasure-hold
Must give its utmost gold.
Therefore new temples stand
Upon the cratered land,
Wherein are heard the hoarse
And clanging songs of force;
While nauseous vapors lie
Across the blackened sky.
Then gone, forever gone,
Is that Arcadian lawn!
Its flocks and choral men,
Its nymphs and leafy glen,
Are gone! And pagans weep
For gods and men who sleep.
But shall I wail my fate
That I am come so late?
That I am set when old
Conceptions cannot hold?
When ancient flasks of wine
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28. THE WIDOWED EARTH
Would drug your hopes and mine?
Nay, fool, I do not seek
Arcadia or the Greek!
What? To lie and pipe
When all the world is ripe
For men who see and sing
Of all new facts may bring?
The world w^U welter till
Its bards have drunk their fill
Of earth's new wine of woe;
And, therefore, shall I go,
And, therefore, shall I drink
To drowse, to brood, to think,
For thus I know I can
Sing true of troubled man.
Thus may I smite and go
Through joy and human woe.
See yonder doors of brass
And steel, where toilers pass:
The beardless youth, women.
Children, and broken men,
A horde of young and old
To cut, to sew, to fold
From dawn till late. Yes, long
Into the night the song
Of wheels and shuttles bright
In mad and burning flight
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29. THE UPAS TREE
Will hum and drone, until
An agonizing train
Of endless murmurs fill
The stunned and stifled brain!
Here is a little thing
The toilers come to sing:
Work, work, work,
With never an hour to pause or wait.
But only a ceaseless strain
From dawn till late.
Work, work, work.
With never a thought, but just to strive
To worship the senseless wheels
That ever drive.
Work, work, work.
Filling up my cup with hate and gall,
And letting the long days weave
The worker's thrall.
Work, work, work,
So binding my life in part and whole;
The pall of an endless task
Has slain my soul!
Work, w^ork, work.
Yes, work for the gods and men who slay
!
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30. THE WIDOWED EARTH
The end is a house of blood,
Is dust and clay!
Pagan
Alas, complaining Job,
Your speech becomes your robe!
Junius
Aha! Then hear again.
For I will speak for men:
I saw a goodly princess stand
Within the crowded market place;
The people praised her matchless form
And Roman face.
For in her hand a balance swung;
She was the law for small and great.
Then at her feet a man was flung,
The people wait
—
The people wait and mutter while
The man is slashed through flesh and bone;
They turn their faces from the sight,
But hear his moan.
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31. THE UPAS TREE
Their king was of red Herod's type;
And though his hands were dripping blood,
The mighty smiled and bade him join
Their brotherhood.
Does not the princess judge her race?
Or will she leave the small to fate
That crime and greed may twine to serve
The cruel great?
But then I saw her seemly form
Was ribbed with age and lichen grown!
Oh, God! La Belle Dame sans Merci
Was rotten stone!
Pagan
My Job, at last I see
A poison grief in thee!
Junius
Is aught I say the fruit
Of fool or drunken brute?
And if my song is sad,
No need to call me mad
!
For if I sing of man
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32. THE WIDOWED EARTH
I am no Caliban.
Hear once again my speech,
For this is what I teach:
The city is the spot
Where nations start to rot,
For here the nations mate.
Here breed, here congregate,
Until the fight to live
Consumes what love should give.
And here ambitions lead
To hate, insatiate greed;
And these pollute and breed
In every heart. Indeed,
Cities destroy us, for
They nurse the seeds of war!
Therefore, this capital
That seems at carnival
Is full of poison breath.
Of hidden bones and death;
Is but a upas tree
That spreadeth misery!
Pagan
Alas for grief! for when
The speech of living men
Is on the vital air
You brood in blind despair!
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33. III. THE HOUSE OF BLOOD
Evening has come, and Pagan is upon the street.
He is seeking for any diversion that may help him
to forget the gloomy experience of the morning.
Pagan
Now comes the close of day,
And now shall night allay
All grief, for they who weep
Forget their tears in sleep.
{Enter Youth)
Youth
Oh, Sir, kind Sir, and can
You help a wounded man?
Pagan
What now? I am no priest!
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34. THE WIDOWED EARTH
Youth
But, Sir, he has not ceased
To call for you ; 'tis late
And other friends await
Pagan
But if I do not know
The man
Youth
Then will you go?
Pagan
Alas, for whom or where?
Youth
With me; I'll guide you there.
{Exit)
In a small and dimly lighted room two men
stand conversing near the door. A third person is
stretched out upon a low bed in the corner of the
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35. THE HOUSE OF BLOOD
room. This last is Junius, or Job, and the other
two men are his friends.
(Enter Youth with Pagan)
Youth
Here, friends, a friend! Give room!
See there, in gathering gloom
And bitter misery,
Is he who begged for thee!
Pagan
What? And this is Job,
In blood and tattered robe?
Youth
It is, for this is he
Who cursed the wide city;
But now as one who feels
The crunching of the wheels
That grind, he speaks—that grind
Both flesh and eager mind.
He has a fearful wound,
And often has he swooned,
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36. THE WIDOWED EARTH ;
But still, in spite of pain,
j
The man sometimes can gain I
His voice—until the blood :
Bursts in a gurgling flood i
Upon his lips i
i
Junius !
Oh! Oh!
j
If death must take my soul i
The grave v^ill be my goal! j
Oh— ;
As one who fed the steel
Beneath the shaping wheel,
I learned to race the great '
Machine at daring rate, )
And laughed when I would choke ;
With heat or burning smoke,
Until—my flesh was caught
And torn, yes, crushed and wrought
Into a foolish pack i
Of blood and rags! Alack!
j
Alack, that life should stop j
In some great sooty shop! I
For now no deed shall sound j
My little name around j
The world, but I shall rot
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37. THE HOUSE OF BLOOD
In some unhallowed spot!
Oh—
What? To fear and quake?
To pant? To curse? To shake?
Aha! Old Death may take
What crumbs of life remain,
For since my hopes are slain,
In sacrificial cup
My life is lifted up
!
First Friend
I will not waste my breath
Upon a toast to Death,
For since the grave is near
A friend should speak sincere.
I will not mollify.
Or try to mystify.
My words are sharp and plain,
But they are golden grain.
Then hear, my fainting Job:
I know your faded robe
Does ill become the part
Of your ambitious heart;
Yet, pride is not condemned
If love of power is stemmed,
Controlled, and made to serve
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38. THE WIDOWED EARTH
Sane thought and steady nerve.
I know you hoped to toy
With high ambitious lays
Like one who sang of Troy
And Greece in ancient days.
We know his robe and fare
Were vile, but did he swear
As you? The poet's mind
Is keen, eager, refined.
Why then should deepest wrong
Embitter all your song?
The great do master woe,
In truth, refine it so
The very utmost pain
Distils the grand refrain.
Junius
So immortality
Is born of misery?
My God ! when will you din
Of sweeter doctrine?
And now my day grows late.
For Time will never wait.
And I must pass, I fear,
Before my high career.
Why mock at pain and death?
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39. THE HOUSE OF BLOOD
I have no health or breath.
Tell me, what goodly thing
Did dead men ever bring?
Alas, I pass, I fear.
Before my golden year
—
I faint, I cease to speak
Before I reach my peak!
Second Friend
My words shall not be bent
Or barbed with argument.
So let this tale of mine
Distil as oil and wine
Upon an ancient sore.
I mollify my speech,
And if I seem to teach,
Then I shall speak no more.
There was an eager youth
Who lived in times, forsooth,
When in the tuneful air.
The earth, and everywhere.
Each cloud, or stone, or clod.
Embraced some petty god.
"A god?" the youth would ask,
"A god in such a mask?"
Then to his priests he said:
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40. THE WIDOWED EARTH
"Are gods alive or dead?
Are gods so vilely grown
They live in shapeless stone?
Howr beautiful is all
The living w^orld! I call
Upon the gods that live!
And to their souls I give
The fairest lineament
In earth or firmament!"
But w^hen the priests had heard,
Their utmost wrath was stirred.
"Away with him! In truth,
We ought to stone this youth!"
But with this sentence said,
The youth escaped; he fled
Unto the hills, and there
Alone, with love and care,
He carved him gods again,
But fair and formed as men.
In later times a race
Of wiser men were bred,
And when they found the place
To which the youth had fled.
They put his scattered bones
Beneath his gods, and raised
A house of burnished stones
Wherein his name is praised.
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Junius
I know that men should wait,
In patience contemplate
The crown of olive leaves.
Perhaps some distant day
Unnumbered satellites,
Some cults, some parasites
Of fame will come to prey
Upon my name, and I
Shall live because I die!
But, friends, you know this leaves
My present needs and grief
Untouched. Why not relief
From pain that far outweighs
Some dole of future praise?
What man but longs to live
For what this earth can give?
I give my scanty dole
Of crowns, yes, friends, the whole
Of all the ages give
That here and now may live!
Oh, empty, empty vaunt.
How many men are gaunt
With starving all their days
Upon the wine of praise!
So take my crowns and gold,
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42. THE WIDOWED EARTH
All tears and garments old,
All shame and sacred vow,
But give me here and now,
With life, and every mirth,
The very fat of earth!
Pagan
Alas, I find the key
Of all your misery
Too late! A pagan friend
You are, and this will rend
My heart! Had I but lent
My gold we should have spent
This night at bacchanals.
At happy carnivals
—
But now, when we should dine,
Thou givest tears for wine!
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43. IV. THE WIDOWED EARTH
The place and the persons are the same as for
III. But a few minutes of time have elapsed.
Youth
Now see the Pagan weep,
But not from Bacchic sleep
!
Now are the aged still!
But why? Does wisdom fill
The heart of burning youth?
Is he the ward of truth?
Aha, in teeming years.
White hair, and many tears,
You say is wisdom found
!
Why then does Job confound
The wise and solemn seer?
Are you too old to hear
Him hurling bitter words
Like flocks of tropic birds?
My soul is past restraint
At hearing Job's complaint.
Have I not heard him speak
Defenses for the weak?
Have I not seen him give
His crust that men might live?
But now the subtle seed
Of selfishness and greed,
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44. THE WIDOWED EARTH
With all he sought to slay,
Comes at the last to lay
Its stamp upon his soul.
But if his shining goal
Is lost, I shall not blame.
Much less in aught defame
The man, but shame, but woe.
On all that makes him so!
And now, look you at Job,
For I will seek to probe
His heart. Behold his form.
Wherein the stress and storm
Of wide diversity
Will give no mastery.
Does not his lofty brow
Suggest a priestly vow?
And yet, would cheek of lip
Let what is sensuous slip?
I shall not mock the plaint,
Nor shall I scorn the tear
Of such as Job, who faint
And die in full career;
Yet I will answer him
Before his eyes are dim.
Yes, Job, and all, give heed.
There is in him the seed
Of death. Did not he say
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45. THE WIDOWED EARTH
With scorn, and madly pray
:
"I give my scanty dole
Of crowns, yes, friends, the whole
Of what the ages give
That here and now may live!
Aye, take my crowns and gold,
All tears and garments old,
All shame and sacred vow.
But give me here and now.
With life and every mirth,
The very fat of earth!"
My Job, indeed one can
Call this the beast in man!
If this sums up the whole
You have no poet's soul.
My fainting, dying seer,
At death it does appear
Your heart is full inclined
To self. Your eager mind
Has feared too much the price
Of holy sacrifice.
Have you no travail when
Despair would ruin men?
Yet once your voice was strong
Against the rule of wrong.
Why now, for self and mirth,
Despise the widowed earth?
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46. THE WIDOWED EARTH
But think what savage strife,
What wars for very life,
If all the world should be
In Job's philosophy!
Behold, my friends, and see
I speak no mystery.
For in these savage years
Our traders laugh at fears,
Since out of wars and pain
They cull their bloody gain.
For these new cannibals
Grow fat on carnivals
Of hate ! For blood, rich-red
And warm from mangled dead,
Will yield a gold return.
Because our merchants yearn
With deep insatiate greed
For gain, the nations bleed.
If wealth remains the goal
Of our fat trader's soul,
What of the end? The end
When shrieking nations rend
And slay? Such homicide
Will end in very deed
With nations crucified
Upon a cross of greed!
For while the strong contend
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47. THE WIDOWED EARTH
Their bitter wars do rend
The innocent and weak.
Alas, the earth shall reek
With flesh, and graves shall lie
Unnumbered as the sky
Of countless stars'. What then?
What then if broken men
Shall come to loathe the kings
Whose pride and hatred brings
Ten nations to the pits
Where Death with Ares sits?
And what if seers shall fail,
And purblind poets wail
And curse, or fight to hold
Some pot of bloody gold?
What, then, if all the world
Is caught and backward hurled
Into a sea of slime,
Of primal ooze and crime.
Until the awful flood
Makes earth a house of blood?
First Friend
Behold, torrential speech.
Sir Youth, can never reach
The ear of Job, nor he
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48. THE WIDOWED EARTH
Reply. Let courtesy
Bestow what love is led
To lavish on the dead.
Pagan
Alas, the man is dead!
Is dead upon a bed
Of clotted blood! So lay
His stiffened corpse away;
But soft and gently, friends,
For love with kindness lends
Our final gift. Is dead
—
My God, the man is dead!
But what can now be said
For widowed earth? Will she
Sink, too, in misery?
Youth
Alas, my friends, you see
How Job's philosophy
Begets us wars and fears.
And hurls the nations back
Upon the weltering track
A thousand precious years
—
And yet I want to live,
O God, I want to live!
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49. THE WIDOWED EARTH
Perhaps a better earth
Shall find its holy birth
In all our loss and woe
—
But I, how can I know?
And yet I want to live
To strike with mace and sword,
With wit and kindling word,
With might and lyric song
At hydra-headed wrong!
I cannot lie and pipe
When all the world is ripe
For men who work and sing
Of what new truth may bring.
What if the earth be slag
And graves? The brave shall drag
Debris aside, forget their hate
And reconstruct the state.
For when our wars shall cease,
And men remember peace,
I, too, would toil and wait
With those who rear the state
Anew; who build again
The homes of simple men!
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