|
|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALWAYS THE TIMID, by ALICE MONKS MEARS First Line: Always the timid fear the secret heart Last Line: The crystal springs, the onyx-paneled room. Subject(s): Courage; Strength; Valor; Bravery | |||
Always the timid fear the secret heart, resent the dark core unrevealed. Always the weak deny a strength concealed and mock a gloved and subtle art. Being like those who quake before a cave, picturing for themselves some bat-hung doom, and leave it to the dreaming brave to demonstrate from pitted gloom the crystal springs, the onyx-paneled room. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNLESS IT WAS COURAGE by MARVIN BELL THE QUALITY OF COURAGE by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET ON THE OREGON COAST; FOR WILLIAM STAFFORD by ROBERT BLY WORDS WITH WALLACE STEVENS by ROBERT BLY BUFFALO CLOUDS OVER THE MAESTRO HOON by NORMAN DUBIE A SONG OF COURAGE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE AUDACIOUS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON OH, THE WATER by DORIANNE LAUX |
| |