Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FROM THE GRASS, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography First Line: Now, for a moment, all is well Last Line: Nay, life is love; love lasts, o heart. Subject(s): Art & Artists; Grass; Life; Love; Nature | ||||||||
NOW, for a moment, all is well: The eye looks out on lovely things -- Midsummer's facile miracle Of sky and field and bird-swift wings. Hush, heart, deep fellow feeling all The world-pain; haply this may be A symbol of some good to fall, Come homing-time, for me and thee. The old illusion? Nature's art To cozen us of Life's keen smart? Nay, life is love; love lasts, O heart. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INTERRUPTED MEDITATION by ROBERT HASS TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN WRITING IS AN AID TO MEMORY: 17 by LYN HEJINIAN LET US GATHER IN A FLOURISHING WAY by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA IN MICHAEL ROBINS?ÇÖS CLASS MINUS ONE by HICOK. BOB BREADTH. CIRCLE. DESERT. MONARCH. MONTH. WISDOM by JOHN HOLLANDER VARIATIONS: 16 by CONRAD AIKEN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |
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