Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PEACE, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What is this peace / that statesmen sign? Last Line: For being man. Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Beauty; Hearts; Peace | ||||||||
WHAT is this Peace That statesmen sign? How I have sought To make it mine. Where groaning cities Clang and glow I hunted, hunted, Peace to know. And still I saw Where I passed by Discarded hearts, -- Heard children cry. By willowed waters Brimmed with rain I thought to capture Peace again. I sat me down My Peace to hoard, But Beauty pricked me With a sword. For in the stillness Something stirred, And I was crippled For a word. There is no peace A man can find; The anguish sits His heart behind. The eyes he loves, The perfect breast, Too exquisite To give him rest. This is his curse Since brain began. His penalty For being man. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW MANY NIGHTS by GALWAY KINNELL THE MOTTO by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON THE TRUE BEATITUDE by RUPERT BROOKE MAKING PEACE by DENISE LEVERTOV TWO SONGS OF PEACE: 1 by YEHUDA AMICHAI TWO SONGS OF PEACE: 2 by YEHUDA AMICHAI ANIMAL CRACKERS by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY |
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