Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY FRIENDS, WHY SHOULD WE LIVE?, by HENRY DAVID THOREAU Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Some far remote and heavenward hill to gain Subject(s): Life | ||||||||
My friends, why should we live? Life is an idle war a toilsome peace; To-day I would not give One small consent for its securest ease. Shall we out-wear the year In our pavilions on its dusty plain And yet no signal hear To strike our tents and take the road again? Or else drag up the slope The heavy ordnance of nature's train? Useless but in the hope, Some far remote and heavenward hill to gain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRIVILEGE OF BEING by ROBERT HASS SEAWATER STIFFENS CLOTH by JANE HIRSHFIELD SAYING YES TO LIVING by DAVID IGNATOW THE WORLD IS SO DIFFICULT TO GIVE UP by DAVID IGNATOW |
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