Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, POETRY, by RAY MONTGOMERY


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First Line: Sovereign poetry, the well of truth
Last Line: Or in the falling petals of the rose.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


Sovereign poetry, the Well of Truth,
From which the poet lifts his cup half-filled,
And, drinking potions stronger than he willed,
Is felled by force far stronger than his youth
Ere he can know the wisdom he has found
Or can engrave his knowledge on a stone
More lasting than the high wind's haunting moan
When it has found the sea and lost the ground --
This is the fount from which our hopes emerge;
So bathed in light and clothed in dewy dreams
That every eye is blinded by their beams,
And every soul is quickened by their surge
Toward destiny too high to seek in prose,
Or hope to find in form that's less divine
Than Truth's own voice roused by rhythm's wine,
Or in the falling petals of the rose.





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