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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RICHES, by ROBERT LOVEMAN Poet's Biography First Line: What to a man who loves the air Last Line: And burst to blossoms in his soul? | |||
What to a man who loves the air Are trinkets, gauds, and jewels rare? And what is wealth or fame to one Who is a brother to the sun; Who drinks the wine that morning spills Upon the heaven-kissing hills, And sees a ray of hope afar In every glimmer of a star? What to a man whose god is truth Are spoils and stratagems, forsooth— Who looks beyond the doors of death For loftier life, sublimer breath; Who can forswear the state of kings In knowledge of diviner things, The dreams immortal that unroll And burst to blossoms in his soul? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...APRIL; QUATRAIN by ROBERT LOVEMAN CREED AND DEED by ROBERT LOVEMAN HOBSON AND HIS MEN by ROBERT LOVEMAN SONNET: 20. A FAREWELL by PHILIP SIDNEY FACADE: 27. WHEN SIR BEELZEBUB by EDITH SITWELL |
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