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TO THE UNKNOWN EROS: BOOK 1: 12. MAGNA EST VERITAS by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE

Poet Analysis

First Line: HERE, IN THIS LITTLE BAY
Last Line: WHEN NONE CARES WHETHER IT PREVAIL OR NOT.
Subject(s): TRUTH;

Here, in this little Bay,
Full of tumultuous life and great repose,
Where, twice a day,
The purposeless, glad ocean comes and goes,
Under high cliffs, and far from the huge town,
I sit me down.
For want of me the world's course will not fail,
When all its work is done, the lie shall rot;
The truth is great, and shall prevail,
When none cares whether it prevail or not.



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