Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOSS AND GAIN, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Virtue runs before the muse Last Line: And better his desire. Subject(s): Virtue | ||||||||
Virtue runs before the Muse, And defies her skill; She is rapt, and doth refuse To wait a painter's will. Star-adoring, occupied, Virtue cannot bend her Just to please a poet's pride, To parade her splendor. The bard must be with good intent No more his, but hers; Must throw away his pen and paint, Kneel with worshippers. Then, perchance, a sunny ray From the heaven of fire, His lost tools may overpay, And better his desire. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY GOOD FATHER by CAROLYN KIZER ARCADY TOMBEAU by DONALD REVELL LIFE'S MIRROR by MARY AINGE DE VERE IDEA: TO THE READER OF THESE SONNETS, INTRODUCTION by MICHAEL DRAYTON VIRTUE [OR, VERTUE] by GEORGE HERBERT |
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