Once there was a man -- Oh, so wise! In all drink He detected the bitter, And in all touch He found the sting. At last he cried thus: "There is nothing -- "No life, "No joy, "No pain -- "There is nothing save opinion, "And opinion be damned." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE NIGHT OF TRAFALGAR by THOMAS HARDY COMMEMORATIVE OF A NAVAL VICTORY by HERMAN MELVILLE ODE 13. ON THE CHARMS OF PEACE by BACCHYLIDES HIGH SUMMER by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE LATE STAND-TO by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN LOVE'S LIKENINGS by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT ATTUNED by JULIEN AUGUSTE PELAGE BRIZEUX |