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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WIZARD IN WORDS, by MARIANNE MOORE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When I am dead' Last Line: "merlin." Variant Title(s): Reticence And Volubility Subject(s): Merlin | |||
"WHEN I am dead," The wizard said, "I'll look upon the narrow way And this Dante, And know that he was right And he'll delight In my remorse, Of course." "When I am dead," The student said, "I shall have grown so tolerant, I'll find I can't Laugh at your sorry plight Or take delight In your chagrin, Merlin." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MERLIN AND THE GLEAM by ALFRED TENNYSON MERLIN ENTHRALLED by RICHARD WILBUR FRAGMENTS OF THE MASQUE OF GWENDOLEN by REGINALD HEBER IN THE COLD BRIGHT WIND by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY THE SEVEN SAGES OF ROME: 11 by ANONYMOUS MERLIN by EDWARD JAMES MORTIMER COLLINS I MAY, I MIGHT, I MUST by MARIANNE MOORE |
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