PROSE or Verse -- or Verse or Prose? Ever thus the query goes, -- Which delight do we prefer -- Which the finer -- daintier? Each incites a zest that grows -- Prose or Verse -- or Verse or Prose? -- Each a lotus-eater's spell Wholly irresistible. All that wit may fashion, free- Voiced, or piped in melody, -- Prose or Verse -- or Verse or Prose -- Which of these the mastery knows? 'Twere as wise to question, friend -- As of this alluring blend, -- The aroma or the rose? -- Prose or Verse -- or Verse or Prose? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARABIA by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE SONG, FR. THE TWO GENTELEM OF VERONA by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ON THE DEATH OF DR. SWIFT by JONATHAN SWIFT BEAUTIFUL THINGS by ELLEN P. ALLERTON PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 42. AL-JAMIL by EDWIN ARNOLD OPEN MY EYES by ALICE E. BAILEY SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 19. THE SOUTHERN PASSION by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |