Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OUR DOOM TO BLOOM, by ROBERT FROST


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First Line: Cumaean sibyl, charming ogress,
Last Line: Unless ‘twould rather wilt than fade
Subject(s): Fate; Destiny


Cumaean Sibyl, charming Ogress,
What are the simple facts of Progress
That I may trade on with reliance
In consultation with my clients?
The Sibyl said, "Go back to Rome
That if it's not a mere illusion
All there is to it is diffusion-
Of coats, oats, votes, to all mankind.
In the Surviving Book we find
That liberal, or conservative,
The state's one function is to give.
The bud must bloom till blowsy blown
Its petals loosen and are strown;
And that's a fate it can't evade
Unless 'twould rather wilt than fade."






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