Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE QUESTION, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY


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THE QUESTION, by             Poem Explanation         Poet's Biography
First Line: Is it enough to feel the opal spring
Last Line: It is enough?
Subject(s): Beauty; Fate; Life; Soul; Destiny


Is it enough to feel the opal spring
Burst quivering on branch and bush and wing?
To kiss the soft-cheeked air?
To know the world is fair? --
Is it enough?

Is it enough to see man's passionate
Divinity break shimmering on fate?
His soul's devout desire
Flame and go out like fire? --
Is it enough?

Will beauty and nobility descried,
Will anything save touching hands and side
Assuage us to confess
Through life's unhappiness,
It is enough?





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