Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD: 4. THE TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE, by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH


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SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD: 4. THE TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Fleeter than time, across the continent
Last Line: And time and space are naught. The mind is all.
Subject(s): Telegraph; Telephones; Telegrams


FLEETER than time, across the Continent,
Through unsunned ocean depths, from beach to beach,
Around the rolling globe Thought's couriers reach.
The new-tuned earth like some vast instrument
Tingles from zone to zone; for Art has lent
New nerves, new pulse, new motion -- all to each,
And each to all, in swift electric speech
Bound by a force unwearied and unspent.
Now lone Katahdin talks with Caucasus;
The Arctic ice-fields with the sultry South,
The sun-bathed palm thrills to the pine-tree's call.
We for all realms were made, and they for us.
For all there is a soul, an ear, a mouth;
And Time and Space are naught. The mind is all.





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