Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ANCIENT CHANCE, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography First Line: Battle and fog and dream Last Line: And the ancient chance is sweet! Subject(s): Birth; Blindness; Death; Dreams; Eyes; Hearts; Child Birth; Midwifery; Visually Handicapped; Dead, The; Nightmares | ||||||||
BATTLE and fog and dream, Bounded by birth and death; Pattern of gloom and gleam Woven of cloud and breath. Haply the Gods are wise, -- Blind are we mortal folk; Vision is more than eyes, Daily our hearts are broke. But oh, while we feel the sun And still love lures our feet, Blithely the way we run And the ancient chance is sweet! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |
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