Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PROUD, by FRANCES MARY FROST Poet's Biography First Line: They are the proudest who have met defeat Last Line: The ghost of beauty in an empty breast. Subject(s): Failure; Pride; Self-esteem; Self-respect | ||||||||
They are the proudest who have met defeat, They are the proudest who must walk alone, Cherishing the vanished and the sweet, Remembering blossoms broken on a stone. Go softly, you who have no loss to weep, Who sink at night to deep, untroubled rest, And envy the defeated who must keep The ghost of beauty in an empty breast. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROCK AND HAWK by ROBINSON JEFFERS GODOLPHIN HORNE, WHO WAS CURSED WITH THE SIN OF PRIDE, AND BECAME A BOOT-BLACK by HILAIRE BELLOC PRIDE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE THIN EDGE OF YOUR PRIDE: 1 by KENNETH REXROTH PRIMER LESSON by CARL SANDBURG HAEC FABULA DOCET by ROBERT FROST VICTIM OF HIMSELF by MARVIN BELL DANDELIONS by FRANCES MARY FROST |
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