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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 70, by BLISS CARMAN Poet's Biography First Line: Far hence in the infinite silence Last Line: The imperfect things we were. Subject(s): Wisdom | |||
Far hence in the infinite silence How we shall learn and forget, Know and be known, and remember Only the name of regret? Sown in that ample quiet, We shall break sheath and climb, Seeds of a single desire In the heart of the apple of time. We shall grow wise as the flowers, And know what the bluebirds sing, When the hands of the grasses unravel The wind in the hollows of spring. And out of the breathless summer The aspen leaves will stir, At your low sweet laugh to remember The imperfect things we were. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 5 by CONRAD AIKEN SONG: NOW THAT SHE IS HERE; FOR JOE-ANNE by HAYDEN CARRUTH WISE: HAVING THE ABILITY TO PERCEIVE AND ADOPT THE BEST by LUCILLE CLIFTON WISDOM COMETH WITH THE YEARS by COUNTEE CULLEN FOR RANDALL JARRELL, 1914-1965 by NORMAN DUBIE THE MORTAL WORDS OF ZWEIK by PHILIP LEVINE A MORE ANCIENT MARINER by BLISS CARMAN |
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