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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL QUOTATIONS, by FRANCIS LEO GALLAGHER First Line: The lasting essence of the brightest lives Last Line: And hear this book which lectures while it sings. | |||
The lasting essence of the brightest lives In all the life of vital civilization Is here in light and fire, for allocation. Here thought cloud-clear, far above the clouds, survives. Teachers of teachers greet you -- with their wives, Wisdom and Beauty, Humor -- in citation. Their value leaps the bounds of time and nation; Though flesh soon yields, their mission ever strives. Though Homer and all the others sometimes nod You'll find them here with keen eye and with chin Erect -- except where a nod has scooped the sod, To plant absorbing history therein. So, let your mind be clear like heaven's springs, And hear this book which lectures while it sings. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A GOODNIGHT by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS A BOY'S SUMMER SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR WHEN DEY 'LISTED COLORED SOLDIERS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR EPISTLE TO MISS TERESA BLOUNT, ON HER LEAVING THE TOWN by ALEXANDER POPE PEG OF LIMAVADDY by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY |
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