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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THESE THREE: INTERPRETATION, RESERVATION, REJECTION, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS First Line: Interpretation, dost thou say Last Line: Wait, wait, 'til satan's bound with chains. Subject(s): Modern Man | |||
Interpretation, dost thou say Whilst thou interpret night as day? Reservation, canst thou pray When Faith no longer lights the way? Rejection, sure 'tis Satan's day When Holy Writ is torn away! And dost thou think God's work is vain, That man should write the Book again, That science now doth light the way For modern seers of today, While in the distant long ago The Holy Spirit did not know? Such minds and hands should they indite, Wouldst thou have Krishnamurti write? From whence the spirits, think thou well, From Heaven above or depths of Hell? Whose hands, think thou, would seize the reins? Wait, wait, 'til Satan's bound with chains. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARICK STREET by ELIZABETH BISHOP WASP SEX MYTH (TWO) by ANSELM HOLLO DANCING WITH WOLVES by PRIMUS ST. JOHN PRAYER, OR NOSTALGIA FOR HEAVEN by DENISE DUHAMEL THE UNKNOWN CITIZEN by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN WHO'S WHO by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN THE LOVE SONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCK by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT A CHRISTMAS CAROL AND ANTHEM by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS |
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