Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DREAM QUESTION, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I asked the lord, 'sire, is this true Last Line: Within the ethic of my will.' Subject(s): Bible; God; Religion; Theology | ||||||||
'It shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine.' - MICAH, III 6 I ASKED the Lord: 'Sire, is this true Which hosts of theologians hold, That when we creatures censure you For shaping griefs and ails untold (Deeming them punishments undue) You rage, as Moses wrote of old? When we exclaim: "Beneficent He is not, for he orders pain, Or, if so, not omnipotent: To a mere child the thing is plain!" Those who profess to represent You, cry out: "Impious and profane!"' He: 'Save me from my friends, who deem That I care what my creatures say! Mouth as you list: sneer, rail, blaspheme, O manikin, the livelong day, Not one grief-groan or pleasure-gleam Will you increase or take away. 'Why things are thus, whoso derides, May well remain my secret still.... A fourth dimension, say the guides, To matter is conceivable. Think some such mystery resides Within the ethic of my will.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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