Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BALLADE OF SCHOPENHAUER'S PHILOSOPHY, by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Wishful to add to my mental power Last Line: The best you get is an even break. Alternate Author Name(s): F. P. A. Subject(s): Life; Poetry & Poets; Schopenhauer, Arthur (1788-1860) | ||||||||
WISHFUL to add to my mental power, Avid of knowledge and wisdom, I Pondered the Essays of Schopenhauer, Taking his terrible hills on high. Worried I was, and a trifle shy, Fearful I'd find him a bit opaque! Thus does he say, with a soul-sick sigh: "The best you get is an even break." Life, he says, is awry and sour; Life, he adds, is sour and awry; Love, he says, is a withered flower; Love, he adds, is a dragon-fly; Love, he swears, is the Major Lie; Life, he vows, is the Great Mistake; No one can beat it, and few can tie. The best you get is an even break. Women, he says, are clouds that lower; Women dissemble and falsify. (Those are things that The Conning Tower Cannot asseverate or deny.) Futile to struggle, and strain, and try; Pleasure is freedom from pain and ache; The greatest thing you can do is die The best you get is an even break. L'ENVOI Gosh! I feel like a real good cry! Life, he says, is a cheat, a fake. Well, I agree with the grouchy guy The best you get is an even break. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FLAT-HUNTER'S WAY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS TO THE RETURNED GIRLS by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS TO A THESAURUS by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A BALLADE OF LAWN TENNIS by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A CONSISTENT GIRL by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A PENNY'S WORTH OF POESY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A RHYMED REVIEW; 'LAUGHING MUSE' (BY ARTHUR GUITERMAN) by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A SUMMER SUMMARY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS AIR: 'CAPTAIN JINKS' by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS ALAS! by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |
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