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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SOPHOCLES, by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT Poet's Biography
First Line: O sophocles, I would know greek for thee
Last Line: We clasp and grope along, but cannot sing.
Subject(s): Sophocles (496-406 B.c.)
First Line: O sophocles, I would know greek for thee
Last Line: We clasp and grope along, but cannot sing.
Subject(s): Sophocles (496-406 B.c.)
O Sophocles, I would know Greek for thee
And pluck my honey from the comb the bees
From sweet Hymettus stored, where sunny seas
Murmur the measures that are joy to me.
I see the gods reign in thy tragedy:
They walk the earth and whisper in the breeze,
Thy world is full of God and suppliant knees
And righteousness controlling destiny.
But our sad times at higher beings flout;
We do not snatch from heaven to feed the soul,
We cannot find a God in anything.
So blind we do not see our torch is out,
Our torch of poesy. The rich-wrought bowl
We clasp and grope along, but cannot sing.
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