Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE, HOPE, AND PATIENCE IN EDUCATION, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O'er wayward childhood would'st thou hold firm rule Last Line: And both supporting does the work of both. Subject(s): Education | ||||||||
O'er wayward childhood would'st thou hold firm rule, And sun thee in the light of happy faces; Love, Hope, and Patience, these must be thy graces, And in thine own heart let them first keep school. For as old Atlas on his broad neck places Heaven's starry globe, and there sustains it; -- so Do these upbear the little world below Of Education, -- Patience, Love, and Hope. Methinks, I see them group'd in seemly show, The straiten'd arms upraised, the palms aslope, And robes that touching as adown they flow, Distinctly blend, like snow emboss'd in snow. O part them never! If Hope prostrate lie, Love too will sink and die. But Love is subtle, and doth proof derive From her own life that Hope is yet alive; And bending o'er, with soul-transfusing eyes, And the soft murmurs of the mother dove, Woos back the fleeting spirit, and half supplies; -- Thus Love repays to Hope what Hope first gave to Love. Yet haply there will come a weary day, When overtask'd at length Both Love and Hope beneath the load give way. Then with a statue's smile, a statue's strength, Stands the mute sister, Patience, nothing loth, And both supporting does the work of both. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT NAVAJO MONUMENT VALLEY TRIBAL SCHOOL by SHERMAN ALEXIE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION by MICHAEL BLUMENTHAL GRATITUDE TO OLD TEACHERS by ROBERT BLY GEE, YOU'RE SO BEAUTIFUL THAT IT'S STARTING TO RAIN by RICHARD BRAUTIGAN A POET'S EDUCATION by RAFAEL CAMPO DONNE CH'AVETE INTELLETTO D'AMORE; AN ELEGY FOR AMERICAN SCHOOL SYSTEM by JOHN CIARDI DEFLOWERING by LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI A CHILD'S EVENING PRAYER by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A DAY DREAM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A THOUGHT SUGGESTED BY A VIEW, OF SADDLEBACK IN CUMBERLAND by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |
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