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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OVERTONE, by MARGARET K. MORGAN First Line: Life has its varied things Last Line: Were I more arrogant! | |||
Life has its varied things for my own pleasure lent: the little bird that sings as to a sacrament. The cricket with its song, so different is its note; the temple with its gong, the scores Beethoven wrote. The wind among the trees, a-sighing, sibilant; earth's orchestra to please. Were I more arrogant! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SOUVENIR by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE FABRIC OF LIFE by KAY RYAN LINES INSCRIBED UPON A CUP FORMED FROM A SKULL by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE HARP by RALPH WALDO EMERSON NEW YORK AT NIGHT by AMY LOWELL THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER by THOMAS MOORE ROBIN REDBREAST by MOTHER GOOSE IO VICTIS by WILLIAM WETMORE STORY ON THE SUN COMING OUT IN THE AFTERNOON by HENRY DAVID THOREAU |
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