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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UNREST, by BERNICE LESBIA KENYON Poet's Biography
First Line: Books I would read, but most go unread
Last Line: While the whole world lies quiet in your hands.
Alternate Author Name(s): Gilkyson, Walter, Mrs.
Subject(s): Youth
First Line: Books I would read, but most go unread
Last Line: While the whole world lies quiet in your hands.
Alternate Author Name(s): Gilkyson, Walter, Mrs.
Subject(s): Youth
BOOKS I would read, but most go unread,
And music be unheard, and lands unseen;
Fragments of learning only, one may glean;
And love itself, though brightly faceted,
Flashes a narrow fire whose flame has led
Each in a separate way. And this has been
And will be for all time. There is no mean
Nor centre where all things are sung and said.
Now in the time of youth why must I feel
Life's narrowness; and, uncontent with you,
Struggle to break it, searching in all lands
For every glimpse of living they reveal?...
Make me forget, and drift an hour or two,
While the whole world lies quiet in your hands.
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