Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PURPOSE, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: Deeply and long the sap must flow Last Line: Reach the stars before they are done! Subject(s): Religion; Theology | ||||||||
Deeply and long the sap must flow Ere the merest layer of elm can grow. Many a wave's recurrent shock Is needed to smooth the tiniest rock. Thousands of leaves must fade and fall To make the mold by the garden wall. Thus, as the patient seasons roll, Slowly is fashioned a human soul. Purpose and failure and purpose still, Steadily moved by a quiet will, -- Layer on layer in sturdy way, Hardly seen the growth of a day, -- Times of failure and fear and fall, But one strong tendency through it all, -- God and purpose and sun by sun Reach the stars before they are done! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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