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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EAGLE SONNETS: 1, by CLEMENT WOOD Poet's Biography First Line: I have been sure of three things all my life Last Line: Know, man is sure of three, and never more. Subject(s): Knowledge | |||
I have been sure of three things all my life. The first is that I am -- a final one That yields no room for doubt or windy strife -- More certain than the blazing of the sun. The second, that I was -- a fainter fact, Broken by sudden blanks and curious lapses; A shadow to each living thought and act, Yet shadowed by a host of vague perhapses. The third and last of these, that I will be: A moment leading to a lengthening span, A fragment formed of continuity, A child forever growing into man. Three things are sure. . . . O you who grope for four, Know, man is sure of three, and never more. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW DO YOU KNOW? by EVE MERRIAM ENLIGHTENMENT by JOSEPHINE MILES PHYSIOLOGUS by JOSEPHINE MILES A COLLEGELANDS CATECHISM by PAUL MULDOON THE BEAR AND THE MAN by ROBERT BLY A PARIS BLACKBIRD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE LIGHT THAT CAME TO LUCILLE CLIFTON by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE CLOUDS OF MAGELLAN (APHORISMS OF MR. CANON ASPIRIN) by NORMAN DUBIE THE MOTHS: 1. CIRCA 1952 by NORMAN DUBIE |
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