Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, IN DEPRECATION OF PULCHRITUDE, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Beauty (so the poets say) Last Line: My attention from my work! Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Beauty | ||||||||
BEAUTY (so the poets say), Thou art joy and solace great; Long ago, and far away Thou art safe to contemplate, Beauty. But when now and here, Visible and close to touch, All too perilously near, Thou tormentest us too much! In a picture, in a song, In a novel's conjured scenes, Beauty, that's where you belong, Where perspective intervenes. But, my dear, in rosy fact Your appeal I have to shirk -- You disturb me, and distract My attention from my work! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN DIVINELY SUPERFLUOUS BEAUTY by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE BEAUTY OF THINGS by ROBINSON JEFFERS HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LIFE FROM THE LIFELESS by ROBINSON JEFFERS REARMAMENT by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHANE ONEILLS CAIRN by ROBINSON JEFFERS ANIMAL CRACKERS by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY |
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