Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. HOME, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poet's Biography First Line: Among all men my home is: I have seen them Last Line: All evil. Subject(s): Home | ||||||||
AMONG all men my home is: I have seen them and there is no people, unto the ends of the earth, with whom I will not dwell. I give my body to the sea and to the dustto be dashed on the rocks, or to break in green spray in springtime over the fields and hedge-rowsor to lie rotting in the desert for the sustenance of flies; My soul, if it be so, to peregrinate all creature-kingdoms and every condition of manwith equal joy the lowest; But I to return, to remain, to turn again to my old home, to dwellas everwhere the prince of love once led me, When he touched the walls of my hut with his finger from within, and passing through like a fire delivered me with great unspeakable deliverance from all evil. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EL FLORIDA ROOM by RICHARD BLANCO DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN TO THIS HOUSE by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE UPSTAIRS ROOM by WELDON KEES HOME IS SO SAD by PHILIP LARKIN DUTCH INTERIOR by DAVID LEHMAN AS A MOULD FOR SOME FAIR FORM by EDWARD CARPENTER |
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