CHARMER, on a given straight line And which we will call B C, Meeting at a common point A, Draw the lines A C, A B. But, my sweetest, so arrange it That they're equal, all the three; Then you'll find that, in the sequel, All their angles, too are equal. Equal angles, so to term them, Each one opposite its brother! Equal joys and equal sorrows, Equal hopes, 't were sin to smother, Equal, -- O, divine ecstatics, -- Based on Hutton's mathematics! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPITAPH: FOR A VIRGIN LADY by COUNTEE CULLEN THE WORLD-SOUL by RALPH WALDO EMERSON SONG FOR JULY 12TH, 1843 by JOHN DE JEAN FRAZER THE DEFINITION OF LOVE by ANDREW MARVELL THE PLUMPUPPETS by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1) by RICHARD HENRY STODDARD |