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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LANCES, by CHARLES TRUEMAN LANHAM Poet's Biography
First Line: I have known a little pool of silent water
Last Line: Lances in its heart that were not thrown.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lanham, C. T.
Subject(s): Lakes; Pools; Ponds
First Line: I have known a little pool of silent water
Last Line: Lances in its heart that were not thrown.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lanham, C. T.
Subject(s): Lakes; Pools; Ponds
I have known a little pool of silent water . . .
Silver. . . green. . . or if I wish it. . . blue.
But you could never know, for all your knowing,
Truths, like this, that never could be true.
If I should stir it with the faintest singing
It would wake and either laugh or weep,
But if I struck it with the whitest anger
It would never waken from its sleep.
Oh, you may throw and throw your golden lances . .
It will lie as smooth as polished stone
And you will never see, for all your seeing,
Lances in its heart that were not thrown.
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