Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE COURSE OF TIME: A CONTRETEMPS, by ROBERT POLLOCK


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THE COURSE OF TIME: A CONTRETEMPS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: And as the anatomist, with all his band
Last Line: The insult offered to his clay in death.
Alternate Author Name(s): Pollok, Robert
Subject(s): Fate; Immortality; Destiny


AND as the anatomist, with all his band
Of rude disciples, o'er the subject hung,
And impolitely hewed his way, through bones
And muscles of the sacred human form,
Exposing barbarously to wanton gaze
The mysteries of nature, joint embraced
His kindred joint, the wounded flesh grew up,
And suddenly the injured man awoke
Among their hands, and stood arrayed complete
In immortality—forgiving scarce
The insult offered to his clay in death.





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