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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...CRADLE SONG (TO A TUNE OF BLAKE'S): 2 by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE INVITATION TO A PAINTER: 2 by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THE CALL OF THE DESERT by EMILY BALDWIN THE LAY OF ST. NICHOLAS by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM SONNET: 2 by RICHARD BARNFIELD |
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