Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHAT IS REASON?, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Whene'er the mist, that stands 'twixt god and thee Last Line: Which thou hadst seen, had that been shaken off. Subject(s): Reason; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals | ||||||||
Whene'er the mist, that stands 'twixt God and thee Defecates to a pure transparency, That intercepts no light and adds no stain -- There Reason is, and then begins her reign! But alas! [Concludes with a passage in Italian from Dante's Paradiso, Canto I, translated into Enlish by Henry Francis Cary]: With false information thou thyself Makest dull; so that thou seest not the thing Which thou hadst seen, had that been shaken off. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AGAINST EXCESS OF SEA OR SUN OR REASON by WILLIAM MEREDITH PROVISION FOR THE HIGHER OZONE BODY by WILL ALEXANDER THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#65) by MARVIN BELL THE MACHINATIONS OF THE MIND by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR WHY FOOL AROUND? by STEPHEN DOBYNS POPHAM OF THE NEW SONG: 1 by NORMAN DUBIE 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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