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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THEY SAY - ., by JEAN STARR UNTERMEYER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They say I have a constant heart, who know Last Line: Service to all of beauty -- and her due. Subject(s): Beauty; Hearts; Light | |||
THEY say I have a constant heart, who know Not anything of how it turns and yields First here, first there; nor how in separate fields It runs to reap and then remains to sow; How, with quick worship, it will bend and glow Before a line of song, an antique vase, Evening at sea; or in a well-loved face Seek and find all that Beauty can bestow. Yet they do well who name it with a name, For all its rash surrenders call it true. Though many lamps be lit, yet flame is flame; The sun can show the way, a candle too. The tribute to each fragment is the same Service to all of Beauty -- and her due. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET: 1. THE BRIGHT MOON by CONRAD AIKEN WINDOW BLIND by HAYDEN CARRUTH AN ASPECT OF THE AIR by JOHN CIARDI BEETLE LIGHT; FOR DANIEL HILLEN by MADELINE DEFREES STUDIES IN LIGHT by DIANE DI PRIMA A SOLDIER LISTENS by JEAN STARR UNTERMEYER |
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