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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CLEVEDON VERSES: 4. CUI BONO?, by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN Poet's Biography
First Line: What comes
Last Line: Who cuts it cuts but rock, or digs the sapless sand.
Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, T. E.
Subject(s): Clevedon, Great Britain; Grief; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: What comes
Last Line: Who cuts it cuts but rock, or digs the sapless sand.
Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, T. E.
Subject(s): Clevedon, Great Britain; Grief; Sorrow; Sadness
What comes
Of all my grief? The Arabian grove
Is cut that costly gums
May float into the nostrils of great Jove.
My heart resembles more a desert land:
Who cuts it cuts but rock, or digs the sapless sand.
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