Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INGENIOUS OVERSOUL, by GRACE EVELYN BROWN First Line: I am akin to failure. Dreams too high Last Line: Not judge a star as but a shining stone. Subject(s): Ambition; Honesty | ||||||||
I am akin to failure. Dreams too high To find fruition fade on sordid earth. Ideals too exalted challenge dearth Of recognition, as they lift and cry To heaven for life, frail larks that sing and fly And fall below their stars of holy birth, When they would lift from soil to prove their worth, Attain the glory of a vibrant sky. I would prefer to find my visions true Than grasp a world's success -- the prison-bar Of one dark tower all that I have known. I claim immortal space, remote yet blue, And choose to see a pebble as a star -- Not judge a star as but a shining stone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TWO HORSES AND A DOG by JAMES GALVIN THE GOLDEN SCHLEMIEL by IRVING FELDMAN PHILOMELA: PHILOMELA'S ODE [THAT SHE SANG IN HER ARBOR] by ROBERT GREENE THE NUANCES OF MENDACITY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS TAM SAMSON'S ELEGY by ROBERT BURNS |
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