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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GAUGE OF THE GREAT (TO MADAME CURIE), by D. SANIAL GILL First Line: It hardly matters who has done this thing Last Line: Yet shrank from the encirclement of applause. Subject(s): Curie, Marie (1867-1934) | |||
"It hardly matters who has done this thing, But greatly it matters that it has been done -- That this light toward the common weal is won Through a deeply-loving soul's adventuring. It counts but little that the brave bells ring In honor of this daughter or that son; But it signifies that the healing art has spun Lightward, -- that widely restored lives may sing! So why praise whom it has been given to find Herself? She is paid in full. There would be cause -- Had she not met life's challenge so -- for blame!" Thus protested to the tumult that is fame The Radiant Heart that solved for all mankind, Yet shrank from the encirclement of applause. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO MADAME CURIE by SARAH VIRGINIA SHERWOOD BAYARD-UP-TO-DATE by D. SANIAL GILL COMES NOW THE DUSK by D. SANIAL GILL STEAL NOT THE DREAM! by D. SANIAL GILL CREDO by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE PROBLEM by RALPH WALDO EMERSON TWO RIVERS by RALPH WALDO EMERSON ESCAPE AT BEDTIME by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
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