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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SERIOUS REFLECTION ON HUMAN LIFE, SELECTION, by HENRY BAKER First Line: How vain is man! How foolish are his ways! Last Line: "and make out one continued scene of woe." Subject(s): Life; Pessimism; Transience; Impermanence | |||
"How vain is Man! how foolish are his ways! How short, and yet how sorrowful, his days! From life's first moment to its latest date, A painful, careful, miserable state! Languid as sunshine on a winter's day, Its worthless joys, scarce tasted, haste away: But grief, and labour, everlasting flow, And make out one continued scene of woe." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FROM THE SPANISH by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 17 by JAMES JOYCE SOUTHERN GOTHIC by DONALD JUSTICE THE BEACH IN AUGUST by WELDON KEES THE MAN SPLITTING WOOD IN THE DAYBREAK by GALWAY KINNELL |
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