If I would wish, for truth, and not for show, The aged Saturn's age, and rites to know; If I would strive to bring back times, and try The world's pure gold, and wise simplicity; If I would virtue set, as she was young, And hear her speak with one, and her first tongue; If holiest friendship, naked to the touch, I would restore, and keep it ever such; I need no other arts, but study thee: Who prov'st, all these were, and again may be. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ACROSS THE RED SKY by KATHERINE MANSFIELD LOVE AND TIME by WALTER RALEIGH ZOLA by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON THE LAW OF THE YUKON by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE THE ANNOYER by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS OPEN MY EYES by ALICE E. BAILEY |