Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STATE OF AGE, by GEORGE MEREDITH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Rub thou thy battered lamp: nor claim nor beg Last Line: Drops prone and void as any thoughtless dash. Subject(s): Aging; Lamps | ||||||||
RUB thou thy battered lamp: nor claim nor beg Honours from aught about thee. Light the young. Thy frame is as a dusty mantle hung, O grey one! pendant on a loosened peg. Thou art for this our life an ancient egg, Or a tough bird: thou hast a rudderless tongue, Turning dead trifles, like the cock of dung, Which runs, Time's contrast to thy halting leg. Nature, it is most sure, not thee admires. But hast thou in thy season set her fires To burn from Self to Spirit through the lash, Honoured the sons of Earth shall hold thee high: Yea, to spread light when thy proud letter I Drops prone and void as any thoughtless dash. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FLOOR LAMP by LOUIS SIMPSON NORTH-WEST PASSAGE: 1. GOOD NIGHT by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON THE LAMP OF HERO by LOUISE VICTORINE ACKERMANN LIGHT by MARY ELIZABETH B. CROUSE MY ANTIQUE LAMP by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS THE FIREFLY LAMPS by ARLETTA B. GRAVES LIGHT AND SHADE by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL THE PHILOSOPHER ARISTIPPUS TO A LAMP WHICH WAS GIVEN HIM BY LAIS by THOMAS MOORE DIRGE IN WOODS by GEORGE MEREDITH |
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