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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ZEST FOR LIFE, by HELEN E. CUNNINGHAM First Line: I know the dream Last Line: "we call it the ""zest for life." | |||
I know the dream Of the dead Greek gods. The mad, sick souls, cursed With eternal nightmare. Their incubus is this world. This crazy man-made world, -- 'Tis but the tortured memory Of crazy man-made gods. Oh, where is the cure For the pitiable gods? -- Since they and the world, Do not exist, nor ever did, Save as universal fungi, -- A growth of infinity. Now, on this evolutionary plant A modern mistletoe is grafted. We call it the "Zest for Life." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SCHOOL BOY, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE EROS by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES DISAPPOINTED by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE NEED OF BEING VERSED IN COUNTRY THINGS by ROBERT FROST EPISTLE TO MISS TERESA BLOUNT, ON HER LEAVING THE TOWN by ALEXANDER POPE SONNET (4) by JOACHIM DU BELLAY |
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