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DRAMATIC IDYLS: 2ND SERIES. PROLOGUE, by ROBERT BROWNING Poet's Biography First Line: You are sick, that's sure,' they say Last Line: Man's soul! Subject(s): Soul | ||||||||
"You are sick, that's sure," - they say: "Sick of what?" - they disagree. "'Tis the brain," - thinks Doctor A; "'Tis the heart," - holds Doctor B; "The liver - my life I'd lay!" "The lungs!" "The lights!" Ah me! So ignorant of man's whole Of bodily organs plain to see - So sage and certain, frank and free, About what's under lock and key - Man's soul! | Other Poems of Interest...THE ANIMAL INSIDE THE ANIMAL by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE CRUEL FALCON by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE WHOLE SOUL by PHILIP LEVINE I KNOW MY SOUL by CLAUDE MCKAY HONORING THE SAND; IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH CAMPBELL by ROBERT BLY THE CHINESE PEAKS; FOR DONALD HALL by ROBERT BLY THE LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN OF THE EXHUMATION by ANNE CARSON |
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