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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OVERTONE, by MARGARET K. MORGAN First Line: Life has its varied things Last Line: Were I more arrogant! | |||
Life has its varied things for my own pleasure lent: the little bird that sings as to a sacrament. The cricket with its song, so different is its note; the temple with its gong, the scores Beethoven wrote. The wind among the trees, a-sighing, sibilant; earth's orchestra to please. Were I more arrogant! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 2. LOS CIGARILLOS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON WHERE MY BOOKS GO by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS MOTTO TO THE SONGS OF INNOCENCE & OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE THE VOICE OF THE BANJO by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE ARAB TO HIS FAVORITE STEED by CAROLINE ELIZABETH SARAH SHERIDAN NORTON THE HAPPY WANDERER by PERCY ADDLESHAW HUNTING HORNS by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE LILIES: 4. BLOSSOMS ABOVE A TOMB by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |
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