Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNET TO A SAVANT, by F. G. HAGER


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SONNET TO A SAVANT, by                    
First Line: The inarticulate immensity / of stellar space beyond terrestrial ken
Last Line: God grants you wit to murmur: knowledge -- nil.


The inarticulate immensity
Of stellar space beyond terrestrial ken
Where in our mundane-sired propensity
To boasted wisdom fails of How? and When?
The macrocosmic mystery that draws
The devotee of lens and spectroscope
To scan the ether for the Primal Cause,
Forever failing, never losing hope.
What say you? -- man of Learning and Degrees,
Loud-mouthing No Now words with pompous mien --
Can you expound profundities like these?
Or render visible the great Unseen?
Savant, restrain the verbal flow until
God grants you wit to murmur: Knowledge -- nil.





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