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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DISCOVERY, by HILAIRE BELLOC Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Life is a long discovery, isn't it Last Line: That those who loved you best despised you most. Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene Subject(s): Cynicism; Life | |||
Life is a long discovery, isn't it? You only get your wisdom bit by bit. If you have luck you find in it in early youth How dangerous it is to tell the Truth; And next you learn how dignity and peace Are the ripe fruits of patient avarice. You find that middle life goes racing past. You find despair: and, at the very last, You find as you are giving up the ghost That those who loved you best despised you most. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRIVILEGE OF BEING by ROBERT HASS SEAWATER STIFFENS CLOTH by JANE HIRSHFIELD SAYING YES TO LIVING by DAVID IGNATOW |
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