Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE LIGHT REEDS, by GEORGE O'NEIL Poet's Biography First Line: I cannot find the truth that men have told Last Line: Dispelled ... When I have sought to give it words. Subject(s): Reeds | ||||||||
I cannot find the truth that men have told, But only know the beauty of a song; And nothing truer than the white sea-foam Feathering where the gold beach-grass is long; Or truer than a high complacent pine Pointed to stars upon a lifted hill; Or any eloquence of harmony Telling as much as when a wind falls still. Men with their speech have made an unreal world; For I have watched the flight of aimless birds, Feeling the truth of it within my heart Dispelled ... when I have sought to give it words. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A REED by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE REED by HENRY BERNARD CARPENTER NEVER TOO LATE: ISABEL'S SONNET, THAT SHE MADE IN PRISON by ROBERT GREENE A LESSER ODE by HENRI FRANCOIS JOSEPH DE REGNIER ODELETTE (1) by HENRI FRANCOIS JOSEPH DE REGNIER THE REED-PLAYER by DUNCAN CAMPBELL SCOTT PASTORALE AFTER MENDELSSOHN by THOMAS WALSH LITTLE SON by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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