Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: MAN VERSUS ASCETIC. 5, by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON Poet's Biography First Line: Truly there is no nobler on the earth! Last Line: Bear yoke of kinship e'en with lowlier men. Alternate Author Name(s): Leigh, Arbor; Guggenberger, Mrs. Ignatz; Bevington, L. S. | ||||||||
Truly there is no nobler on the earth! Although such unemblazoned, simple lot Thy heart despiseth and believeth not, Misdoubting man's good faith and woman's worth. Here is thy sacrifice: no more to roam, Nor to seek out the soul's most barren spot To shrine thy will in; but, thyself forgot, Spend all to found and fence one faithful home. And see thy stark Ideal die in pain, And bear the throes it causeth thee to see; And quench the fires of lawlessness in thee -- For childhood's sake, endure a tender chain; Ay, on thy neck, in token thou art free, Bear yoke of kinship e'en with lowlier men. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A DISMISSAL by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON AT SABBATH DOWN by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON BEES IN CLOVER; A SONG by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON BOUGHT WITH A PRICE by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON CLOUD-CLIMBING by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON DEDICATION TO POEMS, LYRICS AND SONNETS by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON DINNER by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON GOLD AND STEEL; THE ANSWER by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON HATED by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON HOPE DEFERRED by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON |
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