Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LESSON TO POETS; SONNET, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Try not, or murmur not if tried in vain Last Line: Who says that it shall be remember'd not? Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord Subject(s): Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
TRY not, or murmur not if tried in vain, In fair rememberable words to set Each scene or presence of especial gain, As hoarded gems in precious cabinet. Simply enjoy the present loveliness; -- Let it become a portion of your being; Close your glad gaze, but see it none the less, No clearer with your eye, than spirit, seeing. And, when you part at last, turn once again, Swearing that beauty shall be unforgot: So in far sorrows it shall ease your pain, In distant struggles it shall calm your strife, And in your further and serener life, Who says that it shall be remember'd not? | 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 COLUMBUS AND THE MAYFLOWER by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES |
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