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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SEARCH THE HEART, by EVA WILLES WANGSGAARD Poet's Biography
First Line: It's strange that we, though centuries have passed
Last Line: But they must search the heart on bended knees.
First Line: It's strange that we, though centuries have passed
Last Line: But they must search the heart on bended knees.
It's strange that we, though centuries have passed
And should have brought us wisdom, somehow hold
Our faith in useless verdicts often cast
By glib majorities. Such counsel rolled
The dungeon doors where saints were burned and racked
And hurled the stones upon the prophet's head,
Because their poor contemporaries lacked
Acumen, disbelieving what they said.
New worlds are found by men who walk alone,
The heretics who challenge old belief.
Upon their backs are wings of progress grown.
We pay for them with coins of pain and grief.
We walk erect in safe majorities,
But they must search the heart on bended knees.
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