Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THEMISTA'S REPROOF, by RICHARD BRATHWAITE Poet Analysis First Line: Like a top which runneth round Last Line: By giving way to others' will. Alternate Author Name(s): Braithwaite, Richard; Brathwait, Richard | ||||||||
LIKE a top which runneth round And never winneth any ground; Or th' dying scion of a vine That rather breaks than it will twine; Or th' sightless mole whose life is spent Divided from her element; Or plants removed from Tagus' shore Who never bloom or blossom more; Or dark Cimmerians who delight In shady shroud of pitchy night; Or mopping apes who are possessed Their cubs are ever prettiest; So he who makes his own opinion To be his one and only minion, Nor will incline in any season To th' weight of proof or strength of reason, But prefers will precipitate 'Fore judgment that's deliberate; He ne'er shall lodge within my roof Till, rectified by due reproof, He labours to reform this ill By giving way to others' will. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROUGE BOUQUET [MARCH 7, 1918] by ALFRED JOYCE KILMER THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 71. THE CHOICE (1) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI SHIPS AT SUNSET by STANLEY E. BABB FRAGMENTS INTENDED FOR DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: SAD AND CHEERFUL SONGS by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE BLACK FOREST ACOST by KATHRYN BLOOM THE CANON OF AUGHRIM by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT TO THE MEMORY OF A FRIEND WHO DIED ON SABBATH MORNING by ELIZABETH BOGART |
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