Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE COURSE OF LEAST RESISTANCE, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS First Line: The course of least resistance is Last Line: Upon the rocks below. Subject(s): Death; Water; Waterfalls; Dead, The | ||||||||
The course of least resistance is Where placid waters flow Until they reach the rapids and The cataract below; 'Tis floating with the current when You do not choose to row, And ever moving down the stream And swifter as you go. Heedless of voices heard within With pleadings soft and low, Unheard, unfelt, the distant roar, And mists the breezes blow; Heedless of voices from the shore, Still you must surely know That Death waits where the waters foam Upon the rocks below. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A CHRISTMAS CAROL AND ANTHEM by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS |
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