Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY WISH, by WARREN PEASE First Line: Unto the world's great diadem Last Line: I'd rest content. Subject(s): Contentment; Wishes | ||||||||
UNTO the world's great diadem Could I but add one simple gem Ere life were spent, One heart-sprung lay, whose softening chime Should echo through the halls of time, I'd rest content. I ask no part with those who wrought The mighty pyramids of thought. Our heritage, Unshaken by the drifting sand Of endless change, serene they stand From age to age. If on the placid sea of time The zephyr of my simple rhyme Should ripple make, Which widening ever through the years Upon the distant misty shores At last should break, Then feeling that I have not been A borrower of the dust in vain, When life was spent, And that unto the crown of thought This simple jewel I had brought, I'd rest content. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...O TO BE A DRAGON by MARIANNE MOORE FOUNTAIN IN AVIGNON by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE HOUR BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF: 1. THE GOOD OGRE'S BEARD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR I WANT THIS CORNER EMPTY (PERSEPHONE SPEAKING)' by JULIE CARR THE THREE WISHES by BILLY COLLINS |
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