FIRST VOICE SO long adrift, so fast aground, What foam and ruin have we found-- We, the Wise Brothers? Could heaven and earth be framed amiss, That we should land in fine like this-- We, and no others? SECOND VOICE Convoyed by what accursed thing Made we this evil reckoning-- We, the Wise Brothers? And if the failure be complete, Why look we forward from defeat-- We, and what others? THIRD VOICE Blown far from harbors once in sight, May we not, going far, go right,-- We, the Wise Brothers? Companioned by the whirling spheres, Have we no more than what appears-- We, and all others? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MONUMENT MOUNTAIN by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT THE RIGS O' BARLEY by ROBERT BURNS THE ROLLING ENGLISH ROAD by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON LOVE AND TIME by WALTER RALEIGH THE FALCON by GRACE UPDEGRAFF BERGEN ON MEMORIAL DAY by EMMA BERGSTROM |