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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...A LONDON FETE by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE AFAR IN THE DESERT by THOMAS PRINGLE JOHN BROWN OF OSAWATOMIE [OCTOBER 16, 1859] by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN SUNDAY UP THE RIVER: 15 by JAMES THOMSON (1834-1882) ON BEING ASKED FOR A WAR POEM by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 33. AL-HALIM by EDWIN ARNOLD |
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