Classic and Contemporary Poetry
W.H.; AD. 1778-1830, by LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Between the wet trees and the sorry steeple Last Line: Titian and wordsworth live; the people marches. Subject(s): Beauty; Hazlitt, William (1778-1830); Love; Time; Truth | ||||||||
BETWEEN the wet trees and the sorry steeple, Keep, Time, in dark Soho, what once was Hazlitt, Seeker of Truth, and finder oft of Beauty; Beauty's a sinking light, ah, none too faithful; But Truth, who leaves so here her spent pursuer, Forgets not her great pawn: herself shall claim it. Therefore sleep safe, thou dear and battling spirit, Safe also on our earth, begetting ever Some one love worth the ages and the nations! Nothing falls under to thine eyes eternal. Sleep safe in dark Soho: the stars are shining, Titian and Wordsworth live; the People marches. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INCLINED TO SPEAK by LAWRENCE JOSEPH WHAT IS TRUTH? by JOHN BOWRING EVERYTHING THAT ACTS IS ACTUAL by DENISE LEVERTOV LYING MY HEAD OFF by CATE MARVIN TRUTH SERUM by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE FROST AND HIS ENEMIES by ROBERT BLY A FRIEND'S SONG FOR SIMOISIUS by LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY |
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