Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GEORGE RIPLEY, by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Warm, generous and young in heart and brain Last Line: Whose souls toward truth and not its semblance, tend. Subject(s): Life; Ripley, George (1802-1880); Soul | ||||||||
WARM, generous and young in heart and brain, A wise, ripe scholar of the antique mould, Had he but chosen he might have enrolled His name among philosophers who gain Renown, and lead an academic train. But unambitious in a humbler fold -- Humbler yet wider -- he the current told Of others' thoughts and works in graceful strain. So from his watch-tower calm the public mind He charmed and wisely led. Still young in age, And still in fireside talk the cordial friend, He read between the lines upon life's page The deeper meaning those alone can find Whose souls toward truth and not its semblance, tend. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CRUEL FALCON by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE WHOLE SOUL by PHILIP LEVINE I KNOW MY SOUL by CLAUDE MCKAY HONORING THE SAND; IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH CAMPBELL by ROBERT BLY THE CHINESE PEAKS; FOR DONALD HALL by ROBERT BLY THE LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN OF THE EXHUMATION by ANNE CARSON CORRESPONDENCES; HEXAMETERS AND PENTAMETERS by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH |
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