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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OVERTONE, by MARGARET K. MORGAN First Line: Life has its varied things Last Line: Were I more arrogant! | |||
Life has its varied things for my own pleasure lent: the little bird that sings as to a sacrament. The cricket with its song, so different is its note; the temple with its gong, the scores Beethoven wrote. The wind among the trees, a-sighing, sibilant; earth's orchestra to please. Were I more arrogant! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO MAKE A PRAIRIE by EMILY DICKINSON ON SIR PALMES FAIRBORNE'S TOMB, IN WESTERMINSTER ABBEY by JOHN DRYDEN THE SPANISH FRIAR: 1-3. LOVE'S DESPAIR by JOHN DRYDEN THE JEW TO JESUS by FLORENCE KIPER FRANK THE RUSH OF THE OREGON by ARTHUR GUITERMAN FOR MY OWN TOMBSTONE by MATTHEW PRIOR |
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