Classic and Contemporary Poetry
KNOW THYSELF, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Know thyself - and is this the prime Last Line: Ignore thyself, and strive to know thy god! Variant Title(s): True Self-knowledge Subject(s): Self; Worship | ||||||||
And from heaven descends know thyself. -- Juvenal Know thyself -- and is this the prime And heaven-sprung adage of the olden time! -- Say, canst thou make thyself? -- Learn first that trade; -- Haply thou mayst know what thyself has made. What hast thou, Man, that thou dar'st call thine own? -- What is there in thee, Man, that can be known? -- Dark fluxion, all unfixable by thought, A phantom dim of past and future wrought, Vain sister of the worm, -- life, death, soul, clod -- Ignore thyself, and strive to know thy God! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COMPANIONSHIP by MALTBIE DAVENPORT BABCOCK FOR I WILL CONSIDER YOUR DOG MOLLY by DAVID LEHMAN RUSSIAN CATHEDRAL by CLAUDE MCKAY LITTLE WHITE CHURCH by MARILYN NELSON A STEEPLE ON THE HOUSE by ROBERT FROST MATE (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ANSWER TO PRAYER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE TEN COMMANDMENTS by GEORGE SANTAYANA A CHILD'S EVENING PRAYER by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A DAY DREAM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A THOUGHT SUGGESTED BY A VIEW, OF SADDLEBACK IN CUMBERLAND by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |
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