Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO AMERICA AFTER READING SOME UNGENEROUS CRITICISMS, by RICHARD GARNETT (1835-1906) Poet's Biography First Line: What though thy muse the singer's art Last Line: A homer or a shakespeare worthy thee. Subject(s): United States; America | ||||||||
WHAT though thy Muse the singer's art essay With lip now over-loud, now over-low? 'T is but the augury that makes her so Of the high things she hath in charge to say. How shall the giantess of gold and clay, Girt with two oceans, crown'd with Arctic snow, Sandall'd with shining seas of Mexico, Be par'd to trim proportion in a day? Thou art too great! Thy million-billow'd surge Of life bewilders speech, as shoreless sea Confounds the ranging eye from verge to verge With mazy strife or smooth immensity. Not soon or easily shall thence emerge A Homer or a Shakespeare worthy thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS WATCH THE LIGHTS FADE by ROBINSON JEFFERS AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE MEETING YOU AT THE PIERS by KENNETH KOCH INVOCATION TO THE SOCIAL MUSE by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH AGE by RICHARD GARNETT (1835-1906) |
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