Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. THE CARTER, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poet's Biography First Line: So in the dirt, amid the filthy smoke and insensate din of the great city Last Line: Dwelling also in the youthful carter. Subject(s): Selfishness | ||||||||
SO in the dirt, amid the filthy smoke and insensate din of the great city, Into my attic came my friend the carter and sat with me for a while. Young and worn, these are the words he said: "Never before could I have believed it, but I see it all now; There is nothing like itno happinesswhen you have clean dropped thinking about yourself. But you must not do it by halveswhile ever there is the least grain of self left it will spoil all; You must just leave it all behindand yourself be the same as others; If they want anything, and you want it, well it is the same who gets it; You cannot be disappointed then. I do not say it is not hard, but I know there is nothingno happinesslike it; It is a new life, and them that has never tasted it, they have no idea what it is." Thus in the din and dirt of the city, as over the mountain tops and in the far forests alone with Nature, I saw the unimaginable form dwelling, whom no mortal eye may see, The unimaginable form of Man, tenant of the Earth from far ages, seen of the wise in all times Dwelling also in the youthful carter. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND by PHOEBE CARY SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE: 3. BY HER AUNT'S GRAVE by THOMAS HARDY TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. I SAW A FAIR HOUSE by EDWARD CARPENTER THE MAN WITHOUT THE HOE by J. GORDON COOGLER THE VISITOR (2) by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES RENUNICATION by CORINNE CHANDLEE DAVIS SONNET: 2 by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN EXCULPATION by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE AS A MOULD FOR SOME FAIR FORM by EDWARD CARPENTER |
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