Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET TO A SAVANT, by F. G. HAGER First Line: The inarticulate immensity / of stellar space beyond terrestrial ken Last Line: God grants you wit to murmur: knowledge -- nil. | ||||||||
The inarticulate immensity Of stellar space beyond terrestrial ken Where in our mundane-sired propensity To boasted wisdom fails of How? and When? The macrocosmic mystery that draws The devotee of lens and spectroscope To scan the ether for the Primal Cause, Forever failing, never losing hope. What say you? -- man of Learning and Degrees, Loud-mouthing No Now words with pompous mien -- Can you expound profundities like these? Or render visible the great Unseen? Savant, restrain the verbal flow until God grants you wit to murmur: Knowledge -- nil. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TREE SPEAKS TO TREE by F. G. HAGER PENT by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: COONEY POTTER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS OH! WEEP FOR THOSE by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE VALSE by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS by CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE |
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