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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
KNOWLEDGE, by JOHN COWPER POWYS Poet's Biography
First Line: The wild swan over the marshes knows
Last Line: Across the glaciers of eternity!
Subject(s): Birds; Future Life; Happiness; Hawks; Hope; Knowledge; Owls; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Joy; Delight; Optimism
First Line: The wild swan over the marshes knows
Last Line: Across the glaciers of eternity!
Subject(s): Birds; Future Life; Happiness; Hawks; Hope; Knowledge; Owls; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Joy; Delight; Optimism
The wild swan over the marshes knows
On what cold reed-bed
The witch-girl pressed the rook-boy's lips
Until they bled.
The wild owl over the mad-house knows
In what padded place
The loveliest form that ever breathed
Lies on her face.
The wild hawk over Golgotha knows
Whose patient heart
Cursed day, night, earth and heaven, before its curse
Rent it apart.
The wild kite over the world's edge knows
To what piteous end
All joy, all hope, all love, all wisdom, all desire,
In swift procession tend --
Yet none the less it soars and flashes free
Across the glaciers of eternity!
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