Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A NEW PILGRIMAGE: 34, by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O fool! O false! I have abandoned heaven Last Line: Speak to our rebel hearts of things divine. | ||||||||
O fool! O false! I have abandoned Heaven, And sold my wealth for metal of base kind. O frail disciple of a fair creed given For human hope when all the world was blind! What was my profit? Freedom of the mind, A little pleasure of the years, some scars Of lusty youth, and some few thoughts enshrined In worthier record of my manhood's years. All else is loss, and unredeemed distress; The voiceful seasons uninvited come, And bring their tribute of new flowers, and pass: Only the reason of the world is dumb; Nor does God any more by word or sign Speak to our rebel hearts of things divine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ESTHER; A YOUNG MAN'S TRAGEDY: 51 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 110. THE OASIS OF SIDI KHALED by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 112. GIBRALTAR by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 55. ST. VALENTINE'S DAY by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 60. FAREWELL TO JULIET (9) by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 88. A DAY IN SUSSEX by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE OLD SQUIRE by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT A BALLAD OF THE HEATHER by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT A CHAUNT IN PRAISE by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT A CUCKOO SONG by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |
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