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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BLANK MISGIVINGS OF A CREATURE MOVING ABOUT IN WORLDS NOT REALIZED: 2, by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Yes, I have lied, and so must walk my way
Last Line: Unseeing, listless, pace along the shore.
First Line: Yes, I have lied, and so must walk my way
Last Line: Unseeing, listless, pace along the shore.
Yes, I have lied, and so must walk my way,
Bearing the liar's curse upon my head;
Letting my weak and sickly heart be fed
On food which does the present craving stay,
But may be clean-denied me e'en to-day,
And tho' 'twere certain, yet were ought but bread;
Letting -- for so they say, it seems, I said,
And I am all too weak to disobey!
Therefore for me sweet Nature's scenes reveal not
Their charm; sweet Music greets me and I feel not
Sweet eyes pass off me uninspired; yea, more,
The golden tide of opportunity
Flows wafting-in friendships and better, -- I
Unseeing, listless, pace along the shore.
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