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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON SENDING MY SON AS A PRESENT TO DR. SWIFT, by MARY BARBER Poet's Biography First Line: A curious statue, we are told Last Line: A meaner were unworthy swift Subject(s): Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Gifts & Giving; Birthdays; Sons | |||
A curious statue, we are told, Is priz'd above its weight in gold; If the fair form the hand confess Of Phidias, or Praxiteles: But if the artist could inspire The smallest spark of heavenly fire, Though but enough to make it walk, Salute the company, or talk, This would advance the prize so high, What prince were rich enough to buy? Such if Hibernia could obtain, She sure would give it to the Dean: So to her patriot should she pay Her thanks upon his natal day. A richer present I design, A finished form, of work divine, Surpassing all the power of art; A thinking head, a grateful heart: A heart that hopes, one day, to show How much we to the Drapier owe. Kings could not send a nobler gift, A meaner were unworthy Swift | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LATEST INJURY by SHARON OLDS PRAYER DURING A TIME MY SON IS HAVING SEIZURES by SHARON OLDS TWO SONGS OF PEACE: 1 by YEHUDA AMICHAI THE SMALLISH SON by HAYDEN CARRUTH SARAH'S PROMISE by LUCILLE CLIFTON ANY MAN'S ADVICE TO HIS SON by KENNETH FEARING THE RIGHTFUL ONE by DAVID IGNATOW WRITTEN FOR MY SON, AND SPOKEN BY HIM AT HIS FIRST PUTTING ON BREECHES by MARY BARBER AN UNANSWERABLE APOLOGY FOR THE RICH by MARY BARBER ON SEEING AN OFFICER'S WIDOW DISTRACTED - ARREARS OF PENSION by MARY BARBER |
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