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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A COLLEGE, by LOUIS BEVIER JR. Poet's Biography First Line: A college is a group of halls Last Line: For what in man is most divine. Subject(s): Universities & Colleges | |||
A college is a group of halls Dotting a campus here and there, With rooms rectangular and bare, And gracious ivy-mantled walls. A college is a crowd of boys Of ardent spirits still untaught, Whose half-formed purposes are fraught With endless griefs and endless joys. A college is a band of men, Of vision clear, in love with truth, Ripe manhood leading eager youth To fields of thought beyond their ken. A college is a life-long mood Of love and loyalty and hope, A mystic bond of boundless scope To form a royal brotherhood. A college is a holy shrine Beneath whose central cella's dome Is found a consecrated home For what in man is most divine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CAMPUS SONNET: MAY MORNING by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET CAMPUS SONNET: RETURN - 1917 by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET CAMPUS SONNET: TALK by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET ODE FOR SCHOOL CONVOCATION by JOHN CIARDI A PHOTO OF A LOVER FROM MY JUNIOR YEAR IN COLLEGE by ALBERT GOLDBARTH KENT STATE, MAY 1970 by JOHN HAINES TO A VISITING POET IN A COLLEGE DORMITORY by CAROLYN KIZER BACCALAUREATE by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH |
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