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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PLEA FOR TOLERANCE, by MARGARET E. BRUNER First Line: If we but knew what forces helped to mold Last Line: And lifted upward to a saner view. Subject(s): Tolerance | |||
If we but knew what forces helped to mold The lives of others from their earliest years -- Knew something of their background, joys and tears, And whether or not their youth was drear and cold, Or if some dark belief had taken hold And kept them shackled, torn with doubts and fears So long it crushed the force that perseveres And made their hearts grow prematurely old, -- Then we might judge with wiser, kindlier sight, And learn to put aside our pride and scorn. . . Perhaps no one can ever quite undo His faults or wholly banish some past blight -- The tolerant mind is purified, reborn, And lifted upward to a saner view. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THERE WAS A TIME WHEN MY CHEEK BURNED by EMILY JANE BRONTE ONE OF US by THOMAS AUGUSTINE DALY SONNET: OF MODERATION AND TOLERANCE by GUIDO GUINIZELLI TO POETS by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR THE COMPANIONABLE ILLS by SYLVIA PLATH A MESSAGE TO AMERICA by ALAN SEEGER AMONG THE WORST OF MEN THAT EVER LIVED by HENRY DAVID THOREAU THE CHILDREN'S WAY by KATHARINE TYNAN RIDE TO THE WEDDING by PHEBUS ETIENNE A DOG'S VIGIL by MARGARET E. BRUNER |
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