Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BRAIN CHILDREN, by BELLE RICHARDSON HARRISON


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BRAIN CHILDREN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The mother brain, through tidal ebb and flow
Last Line: Immutable as deity itself!
Subject(s): Children; Human Behavior; Childhood; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature


THE Mother Brain, through tidal ebb and flow
Of vasty years, sends forth for weal or woe
Brain children, peopling thick the universe.
Some puling pygmies die still-born. Some live
To view a second summer, then expire.
Some linger on, but, dwarfed by cold neglect,
Or damning doubt, or poorly nourished by
A disapproving world, discouraged die.
Some drift as derelicts on idle waves,
Some cunning charlatans impose false creeds
That for a time delude and lead astray.
Some hiss as vipers, poisoning the air;
Anathemas are hurled that vitriol-like
Sear tender flesh as with corroding fire.
Some seeds of strife and deadly discord sow;
With naked sword in hand, while at their heels
Are war dogs licking drops of human blood.
Some scatter seeds of love that fructify
The smiling earth with goodness and good-will,
While white-robed Peace, a messenger of light,
Diffuses benedictions o'er the world.
Some giants in their strength and power sway
The fickle populace; dynasties fall,
Or toppling thrones uprise at their command.
Immortal some; the principles of truth
Imbedded in their souls, like vital spark
Translated into heaven, can never die!
The earth may pass, the glowing stars burn out,
World upon world dissolve and fall to dust,
Yea, yonder heaven like parchment roll, but fixt
Upon a granite rock of truth they stand,
Immutable as deity itself!





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