Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HERO-WORSHIP; SONNET, by AMY LOWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A face seen passing in a crowded street Last Line: Burns on, and it is much to have believed. Subject(s): Hero-worship | ||||||||
A face seen passing in a crowded street, A voice heard singing music, large and free; And from that moment life is changed, and we Become of more heroic temper, meet To freely ask and give, a man complete Radiant because of faith, we dare to be What Nature meant us. Brave idolatry Which can conceive a hero! No deceit, No knowledge taught by unrelenting years, Can quench this fierce, untamable desire. We know that what we long for once achieved Will cease to satisfy. Be still our fears; If what we worship fail us, still the fire Burns on, and it is much to have believed. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POEMS FROM NA KEIKI O HAWAII: HERO WORSHIP by BEATRICE KIRSTEN HOFGAARD THE STREETS OF FORBES by JOHN MCGUIRE HERO-WORSHIP by WILLIAM BELL SCOTT HERO-WORSHIP by JULINE W. COMSTOCK YOUR CRACKED HERO WORSHIP FOR MEN by JUDSON CREWS |
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