Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIFE-PHILOSOPHY, by PIERRE DE RONSARD Poet's Biography First Line: Calmly to wait whatever chance may give Last Line: And the skies fall. Subject(s): Fate; Life; Philosophy & Philosophers; Soul; Time; Destiny | ||||||||
CALMLY to wait whatever Chance may give By Fate's decree Alone brings happiness, and makes man live Fearless and free. The things of this world, owning Time's control, Move neath His sway; But Time is swift, and swift the seasons roll Briefly away. Once knowledge dwelt beside the Nile, then passed To Greece alone; Then Rome had joy of it, that now at last Paris doth own. Cities and kingdoms perish and make room For others new That live awhile in glory of their bloom, Then perish too. So arm thyself in firm Philosophy Gainst Fate's control; Be nobly brave, and with her precepts high Gird up thy soul. Then whatsoever change may meet thine eyes Fear not at all, Though the abyss should rise and be the skies And the skies fall. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ATTEMPTING TO ANSWER DAVID IGNATOW'S QUESTION by ROBERT BLY FROST AND HIS ENEMIES by ROBERT BLY THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR UNABLE TO FIND by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR TO HELEN KELLER - HUMANITARIAN, SOCIAL DEMOCRAT, GREAT SOUL by EDWIN MARKHAM DOMESDAY BOOK: FINDING OF THE BODY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS WE COME BACK by KENNETH REXROTH THE WAKING (2) by THEODORE ROETHKE RETURN OF SPRING by PIERRE DE RONSARD |
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