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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE IDEAL, by ALLAN UPDEGRAFF
First Line: Brother in hope, if you
Last Line: But could not climb so far.
Subject(s): Yale University
First Line: Brother in hope, if you
Last Line: But could not climb so far.
Subject(s): Yale University
BROTHER in hope, if you
Should ever pierce our empyrean through;
And find that radiant star,
Whose beams we have not seen, yet know they are;
Say that I loved it, too,
But could not climb so far.
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