Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 3, by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O thou, whose stern command and precepts pure Last Line: Remembering the sorrows of mankind. Subject(s): Grief; Sorrow; Sadness | ||||||||
O Thou, whose stern command and precepts pure (Tho' agony in every vein should start, And slowly drain the blood-drops from the heart) Have bade the patient spirit still endure; Thou, who to sorrow hast a beauty lent, On the dark brow, with resolution clad, Illumining the dreary traces sad, Like the cold taper on a monument; O firm Philosophy! display the tide Of human misery, and oft relate How silent sinking in the storms of fate, The brave and good have bow'd their head and died. So taught by Thee, some solace I may find, Remembering the sorrows of mankind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS AT DOVER CLIFFS, JULY 20, 1787 by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES |
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