Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GOAL, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: There is one thing nobly worth while Last Line: And that is an honest soul. Subject(s): Honesty | ||||||||
There is one thing nobly worth while, Though the parrots chatter and scream, Though the critics howl and the cynics smile, And life seems a mocking dream. There is one thing that grandly counts, In the face of the tempting glare, In the tempests of doubt, on the lonely mounts, In the thickets of thorny care. And that is to hold the truth! To abide with justice and right, To be a man in genuine sooth, With heaven's invincible might. There are bowers of beauty and love, There are trumpets of lordly fame, There are pleasures below and blessings above That flash with a lifting flame. Let them flaunt their allurements high, Let them beckon and call and cajole; There is only one worth in the earth and the sky, And that is an honest soul. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TWO HORSES AND A DOG by JAMES GALVIN THE GOLDEN SCHLEMIEL by IRVING FELDMAN PHILOMELA: PHILOMELA'S ODE [THAT SHE SANG IN HER ARBOR] by ROBERT GREENE THE NUANCES OF MENDACITY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS INGENIOUS OVERSOUL by GRACE EVELYN BROWN TAM SAMSON'S ELEGY by ROBERT BURNS A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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