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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SAINT PAUL: 4, by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS Poet's Biography
First Line: Let no man think that sudden in a minute
Last Line: Yes, I have known him, and shall paul forget?
Alternate Author Name(s): Myers, Frederic
Subject(s): Paul, Saint (1st Century); Saul Of Tarsus
First Line: Let no man think that sudden in a minute
Last Line: Yes, I have known him, and shall paul forget?
Alternate Author Name(s): Myers, Frederic
Subject(s): Paul, Saint (1st Century); Saul Of Tarsus
Let no man think that sudden in a minute
All is accomplished and the work is done;—
Though with thine earliest dawn thou shouldst begin it
Scarce were it ended in thy setting sun.
Oh the regret, the struggle and the failing!
Oh the days desolate and useless years!
Vows in the night, so fierce and unavailing!
Stings of my shame and passion of my tears!
How have I seen in Araby Orion,
Seen without seeing, till he set again,
Known the night-noise and thunder of the lion,
Silence and sounds of the prodigious plain!
How have I knelt with arms of my aspiring
Lifted all night in irresponsive air,
Dazed and amazed with overmuch desiring,
Blank with the utter agony of prayer!
Shame on the flame so dying to an ember!
Shame on the reed so lightly overset!
Yes, I have seen him, can I not remember?
Yes, I have known him, and shall Paul forget?
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