Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

RESIGNATION: PART 2: A RUNCIBLE THOUGHT by EDWARD YOUNG (1683-1765)

Poet Analysis

First Line: O! HOW DISORDER'D OUR MACHINE
Last Line: AND SET YOUR HAND ARIGHT!
Subject(s): VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE;
O! HOW disorder'd our machine,
When contradictions mix!
When Nature strikes no less than twelve,
And Folly points at six!

To mend the movements of your heart,
How great is my delight!
Gently to wind your morals up
And set your hand aright!



Home: PoetryExplorer.net