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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GALATEA, by KATHARINE CARASSO First Line: It is beyond the human ken to learn Last Line: The joy of beauty knows no flesh, no stone. Subject(s): Beauty; Art & Artists | |||
It is beyond the human ken to learn How life was kindled in the womb of art And flesh in stone conceived; unless a yearn For love awoke in Galatea's heart, Fomenting the cold elements of breath ... Then, who can trace Pygmalion's secret goal? -- To salvage beauty from the wrecks of death Perhaps he even sacrificed his soul ... What artist knows the limits of his skill? A chisel-stroke askance, a pallet-knife Applied with chance effect, and then the thrill Of seeing visions blossom into life! If visions live in dreaming minds alone, -- The joy of beauty knows no flesh, no stone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE OLD AND THE NEW MASTERS by RANDALL JARRELL TO A YOUNG ARTIST by ROBINSON JEFFERS BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS ART VS. TRADE by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE POET VISITS THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS by MARY OLIVER ON PASSION AS A LITERARY TRADITION by JOHN CIARDI APPLE-BLOSSOMS by KATHARINE CARASSO SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: STATE'S ATTORNEY FALLAS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE UNDERGRADUATE KILLED IN BATTLE; OXFORD, 1915 by GEORGE SANTAYANA |
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