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PROFUNDITY AND LEVITY by HERMAN MELVILLE

Poet Analysis

First Line: SO FROLIC, SO FLIGHTY
Last Line: IS THEN LIFE WORTH LIVING?
Subject(s): BIRDS; OWLS;
So frolic, so flighty,
Leaving wisdom behind,
Lark, little you ween
Of the progress of mind.
While fantastic you're winging,
Up-curving and singing,
A skylarking dot in the sun;
Under eaves here in wood
My wits am I giving
To this latest theme:
Life blinks at strong light,
Life wanders in night like a dream --
Is then life worth living?



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