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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ACHIEVEMENT, by MORRIS ABEL BEER
First Line: The poet is a lazy man
Last Line: Still cling to time!
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets
First Line: The poet is a lazy man
Last Line: Still cling to time!
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets
The poet is a lazy man,
Instead of building bridges, roads,
He sits back in his easy chair,
And fashions odes.
The poet is a peaceful man,
Who idly dreams from sun to sun;
And what has he accomplished when
His dreams are spun?
Perhaps a book of slender songs
To sweeten life with lilac rhyme,
That may, when roads and bridges crash,
Still cling to time!
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