Who shall my wandering thoughts steady & fix When I go forth into the world and gaze Around me, thinking on mens evil ways I wonder in myself to see how mix Evil & good; beyond the Sleepy Styx All things shall be unravelled whoso lays These things to heart after the settled days Shall know all. Even as a dog that licks Your hand whom tears chide not away nor laughter So to your souls clingeth the taint of crime Shall it be ever so? & if not why? The river bed is full of filthy slime And so our heart is lined with wonder: die And having died thou shalt see all things after. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE TWO SAYINGS by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING DREAM SONG: 1 by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE DAFT DAYS by ROBERT FERGUSSON REVELATION by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: BENJAMIN PANTIER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 27. HEART'S COMPASS by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI LOVE SONG by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 89. THE LIMIT OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |