Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, REVOLUTIONS, by IDELLA PURNELL


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REVOLUTIONS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I know now why the revolutions are
Last Line: And in wildest battle is one perfect hour!
Subject(s): Revolutions


I know now why the revolutions are.
If one keeps still, he feels the summer dust
Upon his mind, and on his heart grey rust, --
And the only cure for that, is war, is war!
One doesn't have to wander very far
To find a wave that lifts him to its crest;
And there he tastes the gay joys of unrest,
The mad reward of following a star!

This is a country where everything seems wrong
Unless one has the wit to understand
That the thorniest cactus bears the brightest flower,
The blindest beggar knows the sweetest song,
The deepest river flows through rocky land,
And in wildest battle is one perfect hour!





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