Have ye no work for a man to do''" No earnest work that will expand the frame, And give a soundness to the muscles too? How ye do waste your time! 5 Pray make it worth the while to live, Or worth the while to die. Show us great actions piled on high, Tasking our utmost strength touching the sky, As if we lived in a mountainous country. 10 ''a''aHell were not quite so hard to bear ''aIf one were honored with its hottest place. And did ye fear ye should spoil Hell By making it sublime? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE KISS by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR O YOU WHOM I OFTEN AND SILENTLY COME by WALT WHITMAN SONNET ON CATHERINE WORDSWORTH by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH THE MORAL FABLES: THE COCK AND THE FOX by AESOP EARLY VENEZIAN DETAIL by GORDON BOTTOMLEY BY CANDLELIGHT by MARION BRINSON A DREAM OF VENICE by ADA CAMBRIDGE OBSERVATIONS IN THE ART OF ENGLISH POESY: 13. TROCHAIC VERSE: THE NINETH EPIGRAM by THOMAS CAMPION OBSERVATIONS IN THE ART OF ENGLISH POESY: 3 by THOMAS CAMPION |