Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SALT OF THE EARTH, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If childhood were not in the world Last Line: Yet looked upon the sun. Subject(s): Children; Childhood | ||||||||
IF childhood were not in the world, But only men and women grown; No baby-locks in tendrils curled, No baby-blossoms blown; Though men were stronger, women fairer, And nearer all delights in reach, And verse and music uttered rarer Tones of more godlike speech; Though the utmost life of life's best hours Found, as it cannot now find, words; Though desert sands were sweet as flowers And flowers could sing like birds, But children never heard them, never They felt a child's foot leap and run: This were a drearier star than ever Yet looked upon the sun. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE A BALLAD OF DEATH by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE |
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