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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SATISFACTION, by CHARLES WILLIAMS Poet's Biography
First Line: While now upon the bank my engineers
Last Line: My futile works,—lo there on the other side.
Subject(s): Imagination; Fancy
First Line: While now upon the bank my engineers
Last Line: My futile works,—lo there on the other side.
Subject(s): Imagination; Fancy
WHILE now upon the bank my engineers
Of purpose, gathered in no easy rest
But quarrelsome talk, disputing and distressed,
Behold their frustrate bridge and broken piers
O'erwhelmed by those high-flooding deaths and fears;
And by them waits—leaning upon his breast,
Spirit, in him as he in her sole blest—
Thwarted Imagination, whose sharp jeers
Mock at their toil ... suddenly all is gone;
Their voices in silence, in wide air are lost
Their gestures; now, nor ford nor bridge being crossed,
I wander here, at peace with myself and alone,
From this clear hill seeing, o'er a gentle tide,
My futile works,—lo there on the other side.
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