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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RICHES, by ROBERT LOVEMAN Poet's Biography First Line: What to a man who loves the air Last Line: And burst to blossoms in his soul? | |||
What to a man who loves the air Are trinkets, gauds, and jewels rare? And what is wealth or fame to one Who is a brother to the sun; Who drinks the wine that morning spills Upon the heaven-kissing hills, And sees a ray of hope afar In every glimmer of a star? What to a man whose god is truth Are spoils and stratagems, forsooth— Who looks beyond the doors of death For loftier life, sublimer breath; Who can forswear the state of kings In knowledge of diviner things, The dreams immortal that unroll And burst to blossoms in his soul? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...APRIL; QUATRAIN by ROBERT LOVEMAN CREED AND DEED by ROBERT LOVEMAN HOBSON AND HIS MEN by ROBERT LOVEMAN UP IN THE MORNING EARLY by ROBERT BURNS THE POPLAR FIELD by WILLIAM COWPER |
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