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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DARK WISDOM, by CLIFFORD GESSLER Poet's Biography First Line: Who shall say it is vain Last Line: Dark wisdom of despair. Subject(s): Wisdom | |||
Who shall say it is vain that the dappled shadows of heaven pass over the singing hills? that the dark hounds of the sky trace mournfully and aloof the enchanted plain? that love is at once a cry for the seizing of life, and a food, and an herb that kills? Better the unseen chain, better the savor of bitter grass and the cloudy leaven of fire, and the salt of tears in the loaf we share than the stark loneliness of rain and the confession of the ultimate gray shadows, the implacable dark wisdom of despair. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 5 by CONRAD AIKEN SONG: NOW THAT SHE IS HERE; FOR JOE-ANNE by HAYDEN CARRUTH WISE: HAVING THE ABILITY TO PERCEIVE AND ADOPT THE BEST by LUCILLE CLIFTON WISDOM COMETH WITH THE YEARS by COUNTEE CULLEN FOR RANDALL JARRELL, 1914-1965 by NORMAN DUBIE THE MORTAL WORDS OF ZWEIK by PHILIP LEVINE CLOUD TRAIL by CLIFFORD GESSLER |
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