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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. O EARTH, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poet's Biography First Line: O earth, scene of what toil and anguish Last Line: Scarce sustain! Subject(s): Angels; Heaven; Soul; Paradise | |||
O Earth, scene of what toil and anguish! Century after century, thousands thousands of years, What reek of battles, smoke of vast wilderness-cities, Going up from age to age, losing itself in the calm immeasurable blue. wonderful unutterable secret! the moon gliding through the trees! The soul of man slowly transforming itself, growing bursting through the sheathsthe stars looking on! The new creature born anew, in travail and in suffering, ascending into heaven; Ah! songs and harmonies angelic soundingah! joy the mortal frame can scarce sustain! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX AS A MOULD FOR SOME FAIR FORM by EDWARD CARPENTER |
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