Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY THEME: 2, by GEORGE MEREDITH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tis true the wisdom that my mind exacts Last Line: For light than swinish grunters, blest or curst. Subject(s): Nature; Philistines | ||||||||
'TIS true the wisdom that my mind exacts Through contemplation from a heart unbent By many tempests may be stained and rent: The summer flies it mightily attracts. Yet they seem choicer than your sons of facts, Which scarce give breathing of the sty's content For their diurnal carnal nourishment: Which treat with Nature in official pacts. The deader body Nature could proclaim. Much life have neither. Let the heavens of wrath Rattle, then both scud scattering to froth. But during calms the flies of idle aim Less put the spirit out, less baffle thirst For light than swinish grunters, blest or curst. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VAGABONDS by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON A PHILISTINE by EDWARD CRACROFT LEFROY THE PHILISTINE AND THE BOHEMIAN by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE THE UNITED STATES TO THE FILIPINOS by JOHN BANISTER TABB THE PHILISTINE'S LAMENT by W. C. A. WALLAR DIRGE IN WOODS by GEORGE MEREDITH JUGGLING JERRY by GEORGE MEREDITH LOVE IN THE VALLEY (VERSION A) by GEORGE MEREDITH LUCIFER IN STARLIGHT by GEORGE MEREDITH MODERN LOVE: 1 by GEORGE MEREDITH |
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