Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ON THE LIGHT REEDS, by GEORGE O'NEIL


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ON THE LIGHT REEDS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I cannot find the truth that men have told
Last Line: Dispelled ... When I have sought to give it words.
Subject(s): Reeds


I cannot find the truth that men have told,
But only know the beauty of a song;
And nothing truer than the white sea-foam
Feathering where the gold beach-grass is long;

Or truer than a high complacent pine
Pointed to stars upon a lifted hill;
Or any eloquence of harmony
Telling as much as when a wind falls still.

Men with their speech have made an unreal world;
For I have watched the flight of aimless birds,
Feeling the truth of it within my heart
Dispelled ... when I have sought to give it words.





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