Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CAVE OF STAFFA; AFTER THE CROWD HAD DEPARTED, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thanks for the lessons of this spot - fit school Last Line: Of softest music some reponsive place. Subject(s): Caves; Staffa (island), Scotland; Caverns | ||||||||
THANKS for the lessons of this Spot -- fit school For the presumptuous thoughts that would assign Mechanic laws to agency divine; And, measuring heaven by earth, would overrule Infinite Power. The pillared vestibule, Expanding yet precise, the roof embowed, Might seem designed to humble man, when proud Of his best workmanship by plan and tool. Down-bearing with his whole Atlantic weight Of tide and tempest on the Structure's base, And flashing to that Structure's topmost height, Ocean has proved its strength, and of its grace In calms is conscious, finding for his freight Of softest music some reponsive place. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CLAY BISON IN A CAVE by CLARENCE MAJOR COUGNAC, 2007 by CLAYTON ESHLEMAN THE SWEETWATER CAVERNS by KIMIKO HAHN INSCRIPTIONS: 1. FOR A GROTTO by MARK AKENSIDE AJANTA: 1. THE JOURNEY by MURIEL RUKEYSER AJANTA: 2. THE CAVE by MURIEL RUKEYSER AJANTA: 3. LES TENDRESSES BESTIALES by MURIEL RUKEYSER A JEWISH FAMILY; IN A SMALL VALLEY OPPOSITE ST. GOAR by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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