Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INSCRIPTION FOR ARTHUR RACKHAM'S RIP VAN WINKLE, by JAMES ELROY FLECKER Poet's Biography First Line: Since youth is wise, and cannot comprehend Last Line: Sane men have worshipped stranger gods than these. Subject(s): Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939) | ||||||||
Since youth is wise, and cannot comprehend Proportion, nor behold things as they are, Filoqeauoez we'll be, my friend, And laugh at what appears quadrangular. Our only Gods shall be the Subterrane, Pictures of things misshapen, harsh and crude, The flattened Face outside the window-pane, The little Squeak behind us in the wood. Here, friend, are subtly drawn uncommon things: Make such your Gods: they only understand. Only a Headless Ape with slimy wings Can whisk you round the Interesting Land. Though after twenty years they may not please, Sane men have worshipped stranger Gods than these. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SANTORIN (A LEGEND OF THE AEGEAN) by JAMES ELROY FLECKER THE OLD SHIPS by JAMES ELROY FLECKER A FRAGMENT by JAMES ELROY FLECKER A MIRACLE OF BETHLEHEM by JAMES ELROY FLECKER A NEW YEAR'S CAROL by JAMES ELROY FLECKER A SACRED DIALOGUE (CHRISTMAS 1912) by JAMES ELROY FLECKER A WESTERN VOYAGE by JAMES ELROY FLECKER BALLAD OF CAMDEN TOWN by JAMES ELROY FLECKER BALLAD OF THE LONDONER by JAMES ELROY FLECKER |
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