Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OCTAVES: 22, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON



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First Line: The prophet of dead words defeats himself:
Last Line: Of anguish to the liberated man.
Subject(s): Writing & Writers


Forbodings are the fiends of Recreance;
The master of the moment, the clean seer
Of ages, too securely scans what is
Ever to be appalled at what is not;
He sees beyond the groaning borough lines
Of Hell, God's highways gleaming, and he knows
That Love's complete communion is the end
Of anguish to the liberated man.






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