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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PURSUIT OF LEARNING, by JOHN HERMAN MERIVALE Poet's Biography First Line: Whoso with patient and inquiring mind Last Line: Of undiscover'd worlds -- vast regions of delight. Subject(s): Learning | |||
WHOSO with patient and inquiring mind Would seek the stream of science to ascend, Must count the cost, and never hope to find Rest to his feet, or to his wanderings end. The faithless road doth ever onward tend, And clouds and darkness are its utmost bound: The sacred fount no human eye hath kenn'd, Though many a wight, beguiled by sight or sound, "Evpxa!" may exclaim; "I -- I the place have found." And, sooth to tell, it is a pleasant way Through sweet variety of lawn and wood, Mountain and vale, green pasture, forest gray And peopled town, and silent solitude; And many a point, at distance dimly view'd, For idle loiterers an unmeasured height, By persevering energy subdued, Rewards the bold adventurer with a sight Of undiscover'd worlds -- vast regions of delight. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FIELDS OF LEARNING by JOSEPHINE MILES HONORING THE SAND; IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH CAMPBELL by ROBERT BLY DIASPORA by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER THE GREAT MIGRATION by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT FURTHER ADVANTAGES OF LEARNING by KENNETH REXROTH THE ADVANTAGES OF LEARNING by KENNETH REXROTH MR. WADE, TYPING TEACHER by VIRGIL SUAREZ THE LESSONS OF WATER by DAVID WAGONER ANSWER TO A CHARGE OF INCONSTANCY by JOHN HERMAN MERIVALE ODE ON THE DELIVERANCE OF EUROPE, 1814 by JOHN HERMAN MERIVALE |
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