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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE REWARD, by JOHN COWPER POWYS Poet's Biography First Line: The heights and caverns of the hills Last Line: Forgetfulness of misery. Subject(s): Earth; Life; Love; Mothers; Nature; Pain; Rewards; World; Suffering; Misery | |||
The heights and caverns of the hills, The dark unvoyageable seas, The perilous brooks, the lonely rills, The footless and mysterious breeze, -- These are immortal as the earth, Their mother; but behold! they take No thought of her that gave them birth, Of her that travailed for their sake; But man who labours night and day To fill the mother's lap with flowers, Make roses blossom from the clay And vineyards ripen 'neath the showers, Man who gives thought, love, life for her, What recompense for him hath she? A small and narrow sepulchre, Forgetfulness of misery. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PARTHENOPHIL AND PARTHENOPHE: MADRIGAL 14 by BARNABE BARNES SONNETS IN SHADOWS: 1 by ARLO BATES IN PRAISE OF PAIN by HEATHER MCHUGH THE SYMPATIZERS by JOSEPHINE MILES LEEK STREET by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR |
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