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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OUTLOOK, by IVAN SWIFT First Line: As though with new eyes I have seen the dawn Last Line: Old sufferer, old sage, old horoscope! Subject(s): Youth | |||
As though with new eyes I have seen the dawn Announced from western skies above the lake; And bright vermilion ships of consort drawn Along the line determined by the rake Of shining spars and thread of island reef: All gold and calm save where an off-shore draft Lays bluer patterns of fan-palm leaf Beyond the rock and stirring sea-gull's raft. So have I now, as not before surmised, A new and fearless youth released of pain; Heedless of speculative ends long prized And grief begot of ease and idle hope: As when I turn the pages of Montaigne -- Old sufferer, old sage, old horoscope! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BETWEEN THE WARS by ROBERT HASS THE GOLDEN SHOVEL by TERRANCE HAYES ALONG WITH YOUTH by ERNEST HEMINGWAY THE BLACK RIVIERA by MARK JARMAN |
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