Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SCHOLAR'S EDEN, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: In the eden I'd like to build Last Line: In the eden I'm wanting to make? Subject(s): Beauty; Books; Reading | ||||||||
In the Eden I'd like to build There's a wealth of library nooks; There are thousands of shelves and all of them filled With an orderly orgy of books. And lest the dear number appall Even one most bookishly willed, There's wideness of leisure to read them all In the Eden I'd like to build. In the Eden I'm wanting to make There's a woman loving and fair. The world is aglow for her beautiful sake, Her presence blesses the air. Yet often there comes to me This thought like a hissing snake: Will the books and the woman perchance agree In the Eden I'm wanting to make? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TWO SONNETS: 1 by DAVID LEHMAN THE ILLUSTRATION?ÇÖA FOOTNOTE by DENISE LEVERTOV FALLING ASLEEP OVER THE AENEID by ROBERT LOWELL POETRY MACHINES by CATE MARVIN LENDING LIBRARY by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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