Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE WILD BOAT, TIME, by CALE YOUNG RICE


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First Line: Shall a man never rest
Last Line: I will drink this water in the valley.
Subject(s): Life; Pigs; Time; Vision; Boars; Hogs


Shall a man never rest
In the space he has cleared
By his hut in the forest?
Shall the wild boar, Time,
Running again,
Ever root him out?
Is gray hair nothing
And work well done
And wisdom stored?

I should like a little while
To muse without striving
Before life's over.
For no deed -- none --
Is as good as a thought,
Save a kind one, maybe.
And where is the gain
Worth a moment of vision
Or a wine worth peace?

Go, wild swine,
To the doors of the young;
Drive them up the mountain.
I will drink this water in the valley.





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