Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE YOUNG POET'S FATE, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Trace the young poet's fate Last Line: His talents and his state! Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia Subject(s): Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
TRACE the young poet's fate Fresh from his solitude -- the child of dreams, His heart upon his lip, he seeks the world To find him fame and fortune, as if life Were like a fairy tale. His song has led The way before him; flatteries fill his ear, And he seems happy in so many friends. What marvel if he somewhat overrate His talents and his state! | 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 CALYPSO WATCHING THE OCEAN by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON |
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