Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO A PUBLICIST AND SAGE, by WILLIAM WATSON


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First Line: You that have found all being a blaze of / clearness
Last Line: Who once has sighted truth, though from the mire.
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Truth


YOU that have found all Being a blaze of clearness:
You that with loves and hates in blest control,
On the sleek lawns of life ignore the nearness
Of the unextinct volcano of man's soul:

Pure, almost to eradicating gender:
Somewhere in vales of innocence nursed apart:
Tempering our Night with your large spirit's splendour,
And full of fire as a tomato's heart:

Still be yourself; still touch with tip of finger
The daunting themes Thought pales at, from its birth;
And never ev'n for one rash moment linger
Anywhere near the roots of aught on earth.

Go your chaste way, far though it be from my way;
Take your rewards, and have your heart's desire;
But richer is the beggar on the highway
Who once has sighted Truth, though from the mire.





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