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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ZEST FOR LIFE, by HELEN E. CUNNINGHAM First Line: I know the dream Last Line: "we call it the ""zest for life." | |||
I know the dream Of the dead Greek gods. The mad, sick souls, cursed With eternal nightmare. Their incubus is this world. This crazy man-made world, -- 'Tis but the tortured memory Of crazy man-made gods. Oh, where is the cure For the pitiable gods? -- Since they and the world, Do not exist, nor ever did, Save as universal fungi, -- A growth of infinity. Now, on this evolutionary plant A modern mistletoe is grafted. We call it the "Zest for Life." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...REALITY REQUIRES by WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA LAUSANNE: IN GIBBON'S OLD GARDEN by THOMAS HARDY THE CONVENT THRESHOLD by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI SUPER FLUMINA BABYLONIS by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE ADLESTROP by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS YARROW VISITED by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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