|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GOOD HOW CAN WE TRUST?, by HENRY DAVID THOREAU Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
Last Line: Whose knowledge is their sympathy
Subject(s): Wisdom; Knowledge
Last Line: Whose knowledge is their sympathy
Subject(s): Wisdom; Knowledge
The good how can we trust?
Only the wise are just.
The good we use,
The wise we cannot choose,
These there are none above;
The good they know & love,
But are not known again
By those of lesser ken.
They do not charm us with their eyes,
But they transfix with their advice,
No partial sympathy they feel,
With private woe or private weal,
But with the Universe joy & sigh,
Whose knowledge is their sympathy.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
HOW DO YOU KNOW? by EVE MERRIAM
ENLIGHTENMENT by JOSEPHINE MILES
PHYSIOLOGUS by JOSEPHINE MILES
A COLLEGELANDS CATECHISM by PAUL MULDOON
THE BEAR AND THE MAN by ROBERT BLY
A PARIS BLACKBIRD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR
THE LIGHT THAT CAME TO LUCILLE CLIFTON by LUCILLE CLIFTON
THE CLOUDS OF MAGELLAN (APHORISMS OF MR. CANON ASPIRIN) by NORMAN DUBIE
THE MOTHS: 1. CIRCA 1952 by NORMAN DUBIE