Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ZEST FOR LIFE, by HELEN E. CUNNINGHAM First Line: I know the dream Last Line: "we call it the ""zest for life." | ||||||||
I know the dream Of the dead Greek gods. The mad, sick souls, cursed With eternal nightmare. Their incubus is this world. This crazy man-made world, -- 'Tis but the tortured memory Of crazy man-made gods. Oh, where is the cure For the pitiable gods? -- Since they and the world, Do not exist, nor ever did, Save as universal fungi, -- A growth of infinity. Now, on this evolutionary plant A modern mistletoe is grafted. We call it the "Zest for Life." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LAST MAN: A CROCODILE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES SECOND BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 12 by THOMAS CAMPION SOMETHING CHILDISH, BUT VERY NATURAL; WRITTEN IN GERMANY by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE GODS AND THE WINDS by ALEXANDER ANDERSON THE CYNOTAPH by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM |
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