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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ORIGIN OF MAN, I, by JONES VERY Poem Explanation Poet's Biography
First Line: Man has forgot his origin; in vain
Last Line: The wondrous truths, which now they but conceal.
First Line: Man has forgot his origin; in vain
Last Line: The wondrous truths, which now they but conceal.
Man has forgot his Origin; in vain
He searches for the record of his race
In ancient books, or seeks with toil to gain
From the deep cave, or rocks some primal trace.
And some have fancied, from a higher sphere,
Forgetful of his origin he came;
To dwell awhile a wandering exile here
Subject to sense, another, yet the same.
With mind bewildered, weak how should he know
The Source Divine from whom his being springs?
The darkened spirit does its shadow throw
On written record, and on outward things;
That else might plainly to his thought reveal
The wondrous truths, which now they but conceal.