Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO ONE WHO FAILED, by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR


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TO ONE WHO FAILED, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Because you failed, because you failed
Last Line: To brute men, dowered with dying hearts.
Subject(s): Errors; Failure; Friendship; Love; Marriage; Mistakes; Fallacies; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


Because you failed, because you failed,
Failed without ceasing, O my friend,
And the strong spat on you and railed,
I love you, love you without end.

The weak ways and the wandering thought
Are grown divine because you fell:
Friend, you have won a rest unsought,
By Milton's side! you have conquered Hell,

Ay, Hell of modern seasons fled
With the creeds' refuse and the arts',
Where unideal women wed
To brute men, dowered with dying hearts.





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