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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BUILDING THE LIBRARY, TOKYO UNIVERSITY; NIGHT SCENE, by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Like men of fire, in painful night Last Line: For the great muse to come! Alternate Author Name(s): Blunden, Edmund Subject(s): Librarians & Libraries; Tokyo Imperial University; Library; Librarians | |||
LIKE men of fire, in painful night, The Eastern builders thud Their iron round; wild bubbles of light From Babel's angles scud. The hammer's fierce brain-battering shout In bursts of power rebels, Puts unheard melodies to rout, Drowns heaven's songs and bells. And yet it serves their quiet will, And builds them one more home Where nooks shall be most kind and still For the great Muse to come! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FATHER OF PREDICAMENTS by HEATHER MCHUGH HER MONOLOGUE OF DARK CREPE WITH EDGES OF LIGHT by NORMAN DUBIE LOVE POEM FOR THE FORTY-SECOND STREET LIBRARY by DAVID IGNATOW THE LIBRARIAN by PETER JOHNSON BECAUSE OF LIBRARIES WE CAN SAY THESE THINGS by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE IN THE READING ROOM by DAVID FERRY ALMSWOMEN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |
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