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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GENIUS, by CARL ECHOLS First Line: What blasphemies that foul the blood of man! Last Line: Whose earthly dwelling knows no special sod. | |||
What blasphemies that foul the blood of man! What tragic waste, what brutish use of mind Is dissipated in each task to ban Incarnate Thought the right to all Her kind. He is a fool who dares to tell the earth That Mind's a white man; or of darker tone. Is skill in song and dance of bronzeman birth Entire? Can Art acclaim one land Her own? The inner urge, the universal drive To race or class no single choice will show. Though quest of mendicant, of slum and dive The sacred flames on rich man's hearth still glow, This cosmic ray comes from the heart of God Whose earthly dwelling knows no special sod. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ITALIAN PICTURES: COSTA MAGIC by MINA LOY ODE FOR THE BURIAL OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT PHILOMELA: PHILOMELA'S ODE [THAT SHE SANG IN HER ARBOR] by ROBERT GREENE MOUNTAIN LAUREL by ALFRED NOYES CASSANDRA by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 5 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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