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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CRY OF THE AGE, by HAMLIN GARLAND Poet's Biography First Line: What shall I do to be just? Last Line: My heart is aflame to be right. Subject(s): Justice; Prayer; Religion; Theology | |||
What shall I do to be just? What shall I do for the gain Of the worldfor its sadness? Teach me, O Seers that I trust! Chart me the difficult main Leading me out of my sorrow and madness; Preach me out of the purging of pain. Shall I wrench from my finger the ring To cast to the tramp at my door? Shall I tear off each luminous thing To drop in the palm of the poor? What shall I do to be just? Teach me, O Ye in the light, Whom the poor and the rich alike trust: My heart is aflame to be right. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY A TRIBUTE OF GRASSES by HAMLIN GARLAND |
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