Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WARNING, by GEORGE MEREDITH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We have seen mighty men ballooning high Last Line: They scorn the brain's wild search for virtuous light. Subject(s): Science; Scientists | ||||||||
WE have seen mighty men ballooning high, And in another moment bump the ground. He falls; and in his measurement is found To count some inches o'er the common fry. 'Twas not enough to send him climbing sky, Yet 'twas enough above his fellows crowned, Had he less panted. Let his faithful hound Bark at detractors. He may walk or lie. Concerns it most ourselves, who with our gas -- This little Isle's insatiable greed For Continents -- filled to inflation burst. So do ripe nations into squalor pass, When, driven as herds by their old pirate thirst, They scorn the brain's wild search for virtuous light. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...REACTIONARY ESSAY ON APPLIED SCIENCE by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY THE POLITICIAN OF THE IRISH EARLDOM by HILAIRE BELLOC AN AMERICAN SCENE by NORMAN DUBIE WHY WAIT FOR SCIENCE by ROBERT FROST DIXIT INSIPIENS by CAROLYN KIZER GLOBULE by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER DIRGE IN WOODS by GEORGE MEREDITH |
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