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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TELL ME, by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON Poet's Biography First Line: Tell, me mother nature, tell Last Line: Live to love, my creature. Alternate Author Name(s): Leigh, Arbor; Guggenberger, Mrs. Ignatz; Bevington, L. S. Subject(s): Nature | |||
Q. -- TELL me, Mother Nature, tell, -- What of heaven and what of hell? Who doth ill and who doth well? Tell me, Mother Nature. A. -- Well is done where firmlier life Cometh forth from any strife; Where life-happiness is rife: -- Love to live, my creature. Q. -- What of love? With what intent Is my life with loving blent, -- Sacrifice and sacrament? Tell me, Mother Nature. A. -- Loveless life is null and vain; Love alone is worthy gain, Love alone is worthy pain; -- Live to love, my creature. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INTERRUPTED MEDITATION by ROBERT HASS TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN WRITING IS AN AID TO MEMORY: 17 by LYN HEJINIAN LET US GATHER IN A FLOURISHING WAY by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA IN MICHAEL ROBINS?ÇÖS CLASS MINUS ONE by HICOK. BOB BREADTH. CIRCLE. DESERT. MONARCH. MONTH. WISDOM by JOHN HOLLANDER VARIATIONS: 16 by CONRAD AIKEN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN EGOISME A DEUX' by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON |
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