Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GOAL, by JANE BARLOW Poet's Biography First Line: Silent and very swift on spiry round Last Line: Would'st check his tale to tell him speed and speed. Subject(s): Time | ||||||||
SILENT and very swift on spiry round Fares Time, thy charioteer, and dost thou blame His silence and his swiftness? Yet indeed If rein he drew to teach thee whither bound, At the first word, perchanceat the first name Would'st check his tale to tell him speed and speed. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND A CURLEW'S CALL by JANE BARLOW |
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