Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PARAPHRASE; FAILURE AND SUCCESS, by LEVI BISHOP Poet's Biography First Line: Ah! Who can tell how hard it is to climb Last Line: Levi bishop. Subject(s): Failure; Pride; Soul; Success; Self-esteem; Self-respect | ||||||||
Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb The step where Fame's proud temple shines afar: Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star; And waged with fortune an eternal war; Check'd by the scoffs of Pride, by Envy's frown, And poverty's unconquerable bar; In life's lone vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt into the grave unpitied and unknown! -- Beattie's Minstrel. Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb, The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar. Yet who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of a radiant star; And waged with fortune a victorious war; Spur'd by the scoffs of Pride, by Envy's frown, And poverty -- that stimulating bar; In honored life has won a high renown, Then calmly left the world with Fame's eternal crown! LEVI BISHOP. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROCK AND HAWK by ROBINSON JEFFERS GODOLPHIN HORNE, WHO WAS CURSED WITH THE SIN OF PRIDE, AND BECAME A BOOT-BLACK by HILAIRE BELLOC PRIDE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE THIN EDGE OF YOUR PRIDE: 1 by KENNETH REXROTH PRIMER LESSON by CARL SANDBURG HAEC FABULA DOCET by ROBERT FROST VICTIM OF HIMSELF by MARVIN BELL A HOP AT SARATOGA by LEVI BISHOP |
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