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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND, by BERTHAL LANIER
First Line: In anger I flung out my hand / against the
Last Line: I found I could not understand.
Subject(s): Planets
First Line: In anger I flung out my hand / against the
Last Line: I found I could not understand.
Subject(s): Planets
In anger I flung out my hand
Against the law that rules the earth
And found outside another land
Beyond the present universe.
And now that since I've found a land
That lies beyond my spirit's reach,
I yearn to mingle with its clan
And learn the phrases of its speech.
I wandered long without a guide
To where a planet stood aside
And going past I stood
Beside a lake there in a wood;
And as I waited on the sand
I found I could not understand.
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