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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AMBITION, by FRANK FREDERICK CLOUSER First Line: I dream no more of varied love Last Line: So I to death shall smiling go. Subject(s): Ambition | |||
I dream no more of varied love, Nor lust for wealth and fame. (A soul afire wings free above Self-joy and courted name.) But let me chant one living song Before my voice is spent, And to that end anew grow strong To shun false ravishment: -- Command, my soul, the mists to clear, Supplant all sterile roles; Then may I sing in words that sear Their rhythm on kindred souls. This grace on me, O Fate, bestow, So I to death shall smiling go. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A RHYME OUT OF MOTLEY by AMY LOWELL PENCIL STUB JOURNALS: ON AN EXALTED NONENTITY by JOHN CIARDI THERE ARE ROUGHLY ZONES by ROBERT FROST SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ALBERT SCHIRDING by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE ARCHITECT (2) by KAREN SWENSON WATERING THE HORSE by ROBERT BLY FAILING AND FLYING by JACK GILBERT REQUIESCAT by FRANK FREDERICK CLOUSER SUNSET FROM OMAHA HOTEL WINDOW by CARL SANDBURG ON ANOTHER'S SORROW, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE |
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