Classic and Contemporary Poetry
STRANGE ARE THE WAYS OF MEN, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: The noble road to fame! Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Subject(s): Mankind; God; Fame | ||||||||
Strange are the ways of men, And strange the ways of God! We tread the mazy paths That all our fathers trod. We tread them undismayed, And undismayed behold The portents of the sky, The things that were of old. The fiery stars pursue Their course in heav'n on high; And round the 'leaguered town, Crest-tossing heroes cry. Crest-tossing heroes cry; And martial fifes declare How small, to mortal minds, Is merely mortal care. And to the clang of steel And cry of piercing flute Upon the azure peaks A God shall plant his foot: A God in arms shall stand, And seeing wide and far The green and golden earth, The killing tide of war, He, with uplifted arm, Shall to the skies proclaim The gleeful fate of man, The noble road to fame! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THEM AND US by LUCILLE CLIFTON WINNING HIS WAY, SELECTION by GERTRUDE STEIN A MAN TO A WOMAN by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS DEATH AND FAME by ALLEN GINSBERG EARTH'S IMMORTALITIES: FAME by ROBERT BROWNING STANZAS WRITTEN ON THE ROAD BETWEEN FLORENCE AND PISA by GEORGE GORDON BYRON A GOOD PLAY by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
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