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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO PADRAIC COLUM, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: I made these verses in a rocky land Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. | |||
I MADE these verses in a rocky land, And I have named them Voices of the Stones, Although they do not keep that innocence Was shed on me when quiet made me kin To the cold immobile herd. All things have changed From primal nature save these stones: all things Since Eden, bird and beast and fin, have strayed Far from that shining garden of His thought: We also. Only the humble stones have kept Their morning starriness of purity Immutable. Being unfallen they breathe Only unfallen life; and with my cheek Pressed to their roughness I had part regained My morning starriness, and made these songs Half from the hidden world and half from this. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FROLIC by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL IMMORTALITY by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL RECONCILIATION by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL SACRIFICE by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL THE GIFT by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL A CALL by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL A FAREWELL by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL A HOLY HILL by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL A LAST COUNSEL by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL A LEADER by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL |
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