Cumaean Sibyl, charming Ogress, What are the simple facts of Progress That I may trade on with reliance In consultation with my clients? The Sibyl said, "Go back to Rome That if it's not a mere illusion All there is to it is diffusion- Of coats, oats, votes, to all mankind. In the Surviving Book we find That liberal, or conservative, The state's one function is to give. The bud must bloom till blowsy blown Its petals loosen and are strown; And that's a fate it can't evade Unless 'twould rather wilt than fade." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FLORIDA SUNDAY by SIDNEY LANIER YOUNG LINCOLN by EDWIN MARKHAM SUNSET FROM OMAHA HOTEL WINDOW by CARL SANDBURG THE MORAL FABLES: THE SWALLOW, AND THE OTHER BIRDS by AESOP ON A TOBACCO JAR by BERNARD BARKER THE VAICES THAT BE GONE by WILLIAM BARNES |