PROSE or Verse -- or Verse or Prose? Ever thus the query goes, -- Which delight do we prefer -- Which the finer -- daintier? Each incites a zest that grows -- Prose or Verse -- or Verse or Prose? -- Each a lotus-eater's spell Wholly irresistible. All that wit may fashion, free- Voiced, or piped in melody, -- Prose or Verse -- or Verse or Prose -- Which of these the mastery knows? 'Twere as wise to question, friend -- As of this alluring blend, -- The aroma or the rose? -- Prose or Verse -- or Verse or Prose? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HIS MOTHER'S SERVICE TO OUR LADY by FRANCOIS VILLON CUDDLE DOON by ALEXANDER ANDERSON EPITAPH (ON A COMMONPLACE PERSON WHO DIED IN BED) by AMY LEVY KILLED AT THE FORD by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE FORESTERS: NATIONAL SONG by ALFRED TENNYSON TO A GENTLEMAN & LADY ON THE DEATH ... CHILD NAMED AVIS by PHILLIS WHEATLEY |