Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. ABANDON ALL HOPE ALL YE THAT ENTER HERE, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poet's Biography First Line: To die - for this into the world you came Last Line: And open for ever. Subject(s): Abandonment; Desertion | ||||||||
TO diefor this into the world you came. Yes, to abandon more than you ever conceived as possible: All ideals, planseven the very best and most unselfish-all hopes and desires, All formulas of morality, all reputation for virtue or consistency or good sense; all cherished theories, doctrines, systems of knowledge, Modes of life, habits, predilections, preferences, superiorities, weaknesses, indulgences, Good health, wholeness of limb and brain, youth, manhood, agenay life itselfin one word: To die For this into the world you came. All to be abandoned, and when they have been finally abandoned, Then to return to be usedand then only to be rightly used, to be free and open for ever. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GOING AWAY ANY TIME SOON by JOHN ASHBERY SPEAKING OF LOSS by LUCILLE CLIFTON ROTHKO'S LAST MEDITATION by BOB HICOK HYBRIDS OF WAR: A MORALITY POEM: 2. CAMBODIA by KAREN SWENSON THE DESERTER['S MEDITATION] by JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN AS A MOULD FOR SOME FAIR FORM by EDWARD CARPENTER |
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