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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SHAKESPEARE, by ERIC ACHORN
First Line: Sometimes, when in disgust at petty men
Last Line: No more than he their strength to spread his wings.
Subject(s): Dramatists; Literature; Poetry & Poets; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
First Line: Sometimes, when in disgust at petty men
Last Line: No more than he their strength to spread his wings.
Subject(s): Dramatists; Literature; Poetry & Poets; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
SOMETIMES, when in disgust at petty men
I lose all faith in man's divinity,
I hear thy voice—as on a troubled sea
The stars shine down, and we are calm again.
For when we hear, out-topping human ken,
Thy accents calm in matchless majesty,
We know 'twas God in very surety
Guided the strokes of that inspired pen.
But greater yet the truth that we behold—
Touched by the sweep of thy rich imagery,
We see the meanest life turn purest gold:
Highest and lowest one humanity.
Toilers have need of what the poet sings
No more than he their strength to spread his wings.
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