Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET (1), by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON Poet's Biography First Line: God sent a poet to reform his earth Last Line: God spoke: therein, thou fool, hast lived and died! Alternate Author Name(s): Duclaux, Madame Emile; Darmesteter, Mary; Robinson, A. Mary F. Subject(s): Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
GOD sent a poet to reform His earth. But when he came and found it cold and poor, Harsh and unlovely, where each prosperous boor Held poets light for all their heavenly birth, He thought -- Myself can make one better worth The living in than this -- full of old lore, Music and light and love, where Saints adore And Angels, all within mine own soul's girth. But when at last he came to die, his soul Saw earth (flying past to Heaven), with new love, And all the unused passion in him cried: O God, your Heaven I know and weary of. Give me this world to work in and make whole. God spoke: Therein, thou fool, hast lived and died! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB AN ORCHARD AT AVIGNON by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON |
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