STATUE-LIKE @3standeth he forth, quick, elate, Sculptured from living flesh, and closely planned As any marble from the sculptor's hand In poise and posture, stature, frame, and weight; Thoughtful months, too, are in his making: Fate, Win he or lose, here is not blind; command Is laid that sinew and brain understand: One fine tool, calculated, delicate@1. @3Yet art sufficeth not. To gain his end With glory soul must be; the selfishness Which bringeth sparks from Paradise to earth Muscle and mind to kindle and transcend; Some high ideal he will not confess, Such as hath given martyrs mortal birth@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WINDHOVER: TO CHRIST OUR LORD by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE BOTTOM DRAWER by MARY A. BARR CLIFF DWELLER LYRICS: A LITTLE NAP IN THE MORNING by BERTON BRALEY THE HEART'S PROOF by JAMES BUCKHAM SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 41 by BLISS CARMAN PURPLE AUTUMN by GEORGY IVANOVICH CHULKOV |