Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 7. IN FRITZ STEINMANN'S ALBUM, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography First Line: The bad victorious are, the good lie low Last Line: You'll then be by the public deified. Subject(s): Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
THE bad victorious are, the good lie low; The myrtles are replaced by poplars dry, Through which the evening breezes loudly sigh, Bright flashes take the place of silent glow. -- In vain Parnassus' heights you'll plough and sow, Image on image, flower on flower pile high, In vain you'll struggle till you're like to die, Unless, before the egg is laid, you know How to cluck-cluck; and, bulls' horns putting on, Learn to write sage critiques, both pro and con, And your own trumpet blow with decent pride. Write for the mob, not for posterity, Let blustering noise your poems lever be, -- You'll then be by the public deified. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB |
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