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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UNDERSTANDING, by H. W. BLISS First Line: How blind men are! We surely cannot know Last Line: May it be with understanding that we live! | |||
How blind men are! We surely cannot know And judge the way men go! Perhaps the grind of hectic years Has won at last. How sharp -- how cruel can human judgments be! The inmost heart of men we cannot see. Thus has it been since time began; Lay down the bruising stones we cast. Of all the virtues which heaven has to give -- May it be with understanding that we live! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONG FOR THE FIRST OF THE MONTH by DOROTHY PARKER GO SLEEP, MA HONEY by EDWARD D. BARKER THE PRISONER (A FRAGMENT) by EMILY JANE BRONTE SNEEZING by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT THE OWL AND THE PUSSY CAT by EDWARD LEAR OVERTONES by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY |
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