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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RARE MOMENTS, by CHARLES HENRY PHELPS First Line: Each of us is like balboa: once in all our lives do we Last Line: Rank and tangled vine and jungle block our pathway to the peak. | |||
EACH of us is like Balboa: once in all our lives do we, Gazing from some tropic summit, look upon an unknown sea; But upon the dreary morrow, every way our footsteps seek, Rank and tangled vine and jungle block our pathway to the peak. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: WASHINGTON MCNEELY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS ON THE DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM HERVEY by ABRAHAM COWLEY SONGS OF TRAVEL: 44 by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON AFTER LONG SILENCE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE GOLDEN YEAR! by ALFRED AUSTIN TO CHILDREN: 6. BIRDS OF THE AIR by WILLIAM ROSE BENET JOURNEY by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |
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