Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ADVANTAGE OF FOREKNOWLEDGE, by JOHN SUCKLING Poet's Biography First Line: If man might know / the ill he must undergo Last Line: He must undergo it. Variant Title(s): A Translation Subject(s): Future | ||||||||
IF man might know The ill he must undergo, And shun it so, Then it were good to know: But if he undergo it, Though he know it, What boots him know it? He must undergo it. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WE ARE THOSE PEOPLE by ROBINSON JEFFERS GRANITE AND CYPRESS by ROBINSON JEFFERS WATCH THE LIGHTS FADE by ROBINSON JEFFERS A PRAYER FOR THE FUTURE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) TWO SONNETS, IN 1972: 1. FEBRUARY by DAVID LEHMAN FOR FUTURES by JOSEPHINE MILES WRITTEN DURING DEPRESSION: HOW TO BE HAPPY by MARVIN BELL A MAN CAME TUESDAY by JOHN CIARDI A BALLAD UPON A WEDDING by JOHN SUCKLING A SUPPLEMENT OF AN IMPERFECT COPY OF VERSES OF MR. WILL. SHAKESPEARE'S by JOHN SUCKLING |
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