What thing is that that I both have and lack, With goodwill granted and yet it is denied, Always forward and yet full fair put back, Ever more doing and yet unoccupied, Most slow in that that I have most applied, Whereby I see I lose all that I win, For that that was ready is new to begin? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOR ONCE, THEN, SOMETHING by ROBERT FROST THE VOICE OF THE GRASS by SARAH ROBERTS BOYLE THE HURRICANE by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT A NET TO SNARE THE MOONLIGHT by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY FOOTLIGHT MOTIFS: 1. MRS. VERNON CASTLE by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |