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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UNDERSTANDING, by H. W. BLISS First Line: How blind men are! We surely cannot know Last Line: May it be with understanding that we live! | |||
How blind men are! We surely cannot know And judge the way men go! Perhaps the grind of hectic years Has won at last. How sharp -- how cruel can human judgments be! The inmost heart of men we cannot see. Thus has it been since time began; Lay down the bruising stones we cast. Of all the virtues which heaven has to give -- May it be with understanding that we live! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BIRCH STREAM by ANNA BOYNTON AVERILL SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 32 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING OLD SUSAN by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE THE TARRY BUCCANEER by JOHN MASEFIELD PRO PATRIA MORI by THOMAS MOORE THE BLUET by W. I. LINCOLN ADAMS THE IMPROVISATORE: LEOPOLD by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 100. AGE: 1 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |
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