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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL QUOTATIONS, by FRANCIS LEO GALLAGHER First Line: The lasting essence of the brightest lives Last Line: And hear this book which lectures while it sings. | |||
The lasting essence of the brightest lives In all the life of vital civilization Is here in light and fire, for allocation. Here thought cloud-clear, far above the clouds, survives. Teachers of teachers greet you -- with their wives, Wisdom and Beauty, Humor -- in citation. Their value leaps the bounds of time and nation; Though flesh soon yields, their mission ever strives. Though Homer and all the others sometimes nod You'll find them here with keen eye and with chin Erect -- except where a nod has scooped the sod, To plant absorbing history therein. So, let your mind be clear like heaven's springs, And hear this book which lectures while it sings. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE FONTAINEBLEAU (AUTUMN) by SARA TEASDALE ETERNITY by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LINES WRITTEN IN SWITZERLAND by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE TABLE D'HOTE by JOHN PAUL BOCOCK A PLEA FOR FLOOD IRESON by CHARLES TIMOTHY BROOKS |
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