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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
QUIET WORK; SONNET, by MATTHEW ARNOLD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One lesson, nature, let me learn of thee Last Line: Labourers that shall not fail, when man is gone. Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Work; Workers | |||
ONE lesson, Nature, let me learn of thee, One lesson that in every wind is blown, One lesson of two duties serv'd in one, Though the loud world proclaim their enmity-- Of Toil unsever'd from Tranquillity: Of Labour, that in still advance outgrows Far noisier schemes, accomplish'd in Repose, Too great for haste, too high for rivalry. Yes, while on earth a thousand discords ring, Man's senseless uproar mingling with his toil, Still do thy sleepless ministers move on, Their glorious tasks in silence perfecting: Still working, blaming still our vain turmoil; Labourers that shall not fail, when man is gone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER WORKING SIXTY HOURS AGAIN FOR WHAT REASON by HICOK. BOB DAY JOB AND NIGHT JOB by ANDREW HUDGINS BIXBY'S LANDING by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON BUILDING WITH STONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS IN CALIFORNIA: MORNING, EVENING, LATE JANUARY by DENISE LEVERTOV |
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