Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE WISE BROTHERS, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON


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First Line: So long adrift, so fast aground
Last Line: We, and all others?


FIRST VOICE

SO long adrift, so fast aground,
What foam and ruin have we found--
We, the Wise Brothers?
Could heaven and earth be framed amiss,
That we should land in fine like this--
We, and no others?

SECOND VOICE

Convoyed by what accursed thing
Made we this evil reckoning--
We, the Wise Brothers?
And if the failure be complete,
Why look we forward from defeat--
We, and what others?

THIRD VOICE

Blown far from harbors once in sight,
May we not, going far, go right,--
We, the Wise Brothers?
Companioned by the whirling spheres,
Have we no more than what appears--
We, and all others?





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