|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WRITTEN IN AN ALBUM, by BERNARD BARTON Poet's Biography First Line: Like one who, fruitlessly perchance Last Line: And I shall proudly own it mine. Alternate Author Name(s): Quaker Poet Subject(s): Immortality | |||
LIKE one who, fruitlessly perchance, Engraves his name upon a tree, In hopes to win a casual glance, And woo remembrance still, when he A distant wanderer may be: Thus have I claim'd a page of thine: Be it but reckon'd worthy thee, And I shall proudly own it mine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WALLACE STEVENS' LETTERS by ROBERT BLY DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING by DAVID IGNATOW I CLOSE MY EYES by DAVID IGNATOW IN 'DESIGNING A CLOAK TO CLOAK HIS DESIGNS' YOU WRESTED FROM OBLIVION by MARIANNE MOORE THE THINGS THAT DIE by GREGORY ORR THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON YOUTH'S IMMORTALITY by GEORGE SANTAYANA BRUCE AND THE SPIDER by BERNARD BARTON |
| |