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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RASH JUDGMENT, by JANE BARLOW Poet's Biography First Line: Methought I saw a mountain-wall upthrown Last Line: Said one: dost thou call fools philosophers? Subject(s): Fools; Philosophy & Philosophers; Idiots | |||
METHOUGHT I saw a mountain-wall upthrown, Interminably confronting boundless space, With tangled forest-belts about its base, Wherethrough grave men toil vastly, each alone, To cleave a little pathway of his own; And forthrights some, and some meanders trace, But late or soon they end in every case Blocked blankly by that monstrous bulk of stone. And this turns back thereon, and at his ease Makes boast: I leave behind all barriers; And that smites head on rock, and when he sees Strange gleams before his eyes, anon avers 'Tis light from heaven. Quoth I: What fools are these? Said one: Dost thou call fools Philosophers? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE VILLAGE IDIOT by EDWARD HIRSCH TWO SONGS OF A FOOL: 1 by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS TWO SONGS OF A FOOL: 2 by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS CRAZY JANE TALKS WITH THE BISHOP by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE FOOL'S ADVENTURE by LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE THE CASE OF ALBERT IRVING WILLIAMSON by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS LOVE POSTPONED by RUTH FITCH BARTLETT A CURLEW'S CALL by JANE BARLOW |
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