Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DEAN SWIFT, by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM


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DEAN SWIFT, by                    
First Line: There was a terribleness about the man
Last Line: And his eyes had a blaze of light!
Subject(s): Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)


THERE was a terribleness about the man
Like the ocean torn by a storm;
And a tenderness --
Purple dusk kissing the hills.

He was bitter -- humanly bitter in an ugly age
But there were times -- O find them! Find them! --
When his arms had a giant's hugeness
And his eyes had a blaze of light!





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