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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INTERNAL HARMONY, by GEORGE MEREDITH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Assured of worthiness we do not dread Last Line: And thus I keep this instrument in tune. Subject(s): Competition | |||
ASSURED of worthiness we do not dread Competitors; we rather give them hail And greeting in the lists where we may fail: Must, if we bear an aim beyond the head! My betters are my masters: purely fed By their sustainment I likewise shall scale Some rocky steps between the mount and vale; Meanwhile the mark I have and I will wed. So that I draw the breath of finer air, Station is nought, nor footways laurel-strewn, Nor rivals tightly belted for the race. Good speed to them! My place is here or there; My pride is that among them I have place: And thus I keep this instrument in tune. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW THE WINNING FOUR WEST HOME by WILLIAM ROSE BENET THE RACING CARS by WILLIAM ROSE BENET FIGHT! (HARVARD-DARTMOUTH FOOTBALL GAME, 1908) by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE THE CHRISTENING OF THE STADIUM by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE THE ROSCIAD by CHARLES CHURCHILL A COWBOY RACE by JO CULBERTSON DAVIS VERS LIBRE OF BASEBALL by WILLIAM A. PHELON TO MY OLD FRIEND by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR DIRGE IN WOODS by GEORGE MEREDITH |
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