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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MORE POETS YET!, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: More poets yet!' - I hear him say Last Line: More poets yet! Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin Subject(s): Poetry & Poets | |||
(TO J. L. W.) 'MORE Poets yet!' -- I hear him say, Arming his heavy hand to slay; -- 'Despite my skill and "swashing blow," They seem to sprout where'er I go; -- I killed a host but yesterday!' Slash on, O Hercules! You may. Your task's, at best, a Hydra-fray; And though you cut, not less will grow More Poets yet! Too arrogant! For who shall stay The first blind motions of the May? Who shall out-blot the morning glow? -- Or stem the full heart's overflow? Who? There will rise, till Time decay, More Poets yet! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB A FANCY FROM FONTENELLE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON |
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