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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE AFFECTIONATE HEART, by JOSEPH COTTLE First Line: Even genius may weary the sight Last Line: It shall last till the wreck of the mind. Subject(s): Genius; Hearts; Reason; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals | |||
EVEN Genius may weary the sight By too fierce and too constant a blaze; But Affection, mild planet of night, Grows lovelier the longer we gaze. ... When Time, at the end of his race, Shall expire with expiring mankind, It shall stand on its permanent base, It shall last till the wreck of the mind. | 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 EPISTLE TO LORD BYRON: VIRTUE PROTESTS by JOSEPH COTTLE THE PLOUGH; A LANDSCAPE IN BERKSHIRE by RICHARD HENGIST (HENRY) HORNE |
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