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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CERTAINTY, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: How is it that human beings / are so certain of everything?
Last Line: That cannot be so.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): Life
First Line: How is it that human beings / are so certain of everything?
Last Line: That cannot be so.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): Life
HOW is it that human beings
Are so certain of everything?
Every man will tell you, fiercely,
That he has bought far more lunches
For other men
Than have been bought for him.
And yet, mathematically,
That cannot be so.
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