Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MY DAUGHTER, by BAYARD TAYLOR Poet's Biography First Line: Learn to live, and live to learn Last Line: Reckless joys are fugitive! Alternate Author Name(s): Taylor, James Bayard Subject(s): Daughters; Learning; Nature | ||||||||
LEARN to live, and live to learn, Ignorance like a fire doth burn, Little tasks make large return. In thy labors patient be, Afterward, released and free, Nature will be bright to thee. Toil, when willing, groweth less; "Always play" may seem to bless, Yet the end is weariness. Live to learn, and learn to live, Only this content can give; Reckless joys are fugitive! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INTERRUPTED MEDITATION by ROBERT HASS TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN WRITING IS AN AID TO MEMORY: 17 by LYN HEJINIAN LET US GATHER IN A FLOURISHING WAY by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA IN MICHAEL ROBINS?ÇÖS CLASS MINUS ONE by HICOK. BOB BREADTH. CIRCLE. DESERT. MONARCH. MONTH. WISDOM by JOHN HOLLANDER VARIATIONS: 16 by CONRAD AIKEN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN BEDOUIN [LOVE] SONG by BAYARD TAYLOR NATIONAL ODE; INDEPENDENCE SQUARE, PHILADELPHIA by BAYARD TAYLOR |
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