Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GOOD HOPE, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The cup of life is not so shallow Last Line: Than angelo released. Subject(s): Hope; Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564); Optimism | ||||||||
The cup of life is not so shallow That we have drained the best, That all the wine at once we swallow, And lees make all the rest. Maids of as soft a bloom shall marry As Hymen yet hath blessed, And fairer forms are in the quarry Than Angelo released. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT by DEREK MAHON |
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