Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AFTER READING PSALMS 34, 40, ETC, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Simple was I and was young Last Line: Yea: quem elegisti?' Subject(s): Bible | ||||||||
SIMPLE was I and was young; Kept no gallant tryst, I; Even from good words held my tongue, Quoniam Tu fecisti! Through my youth I stirred me not, High adventure missed I, Left the shining shrines unsought; Yet - me deduxisti! At my start by Helicon Love-lore little wist I, Worldly less; but footed on; Why? Me suscepisti! When I failed at fervid rhymes, 'Shall,' I said, 'persist I?' 'Dies' (I would add at times) 'Meos posuisti!' So I have fared through many suns; Sadly little grist I Bring my mill, or any one's, Domine, Tu scisti! And at dead of night I call: 'Though to prophets list I, Which hath understood at all? Yea: Quem elegisti?' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...O TO BE A DRAGON by MARIANNE MOORE BIBLICAL MEDITATIONS by YEHUDA AMICHAI KING DAVID DANCES by JOHN BERRYMAN THE DREAM SONGS: 234. THE CARPENTER'S SON by JOHN BERRYMAN THE DREAM SONGS: 47. APRIL FOOL'S DAY, OR, ST MARY OF EGYPT by JOHN BERRYMAN AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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