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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RARE MOMENTS, by CHARLES HENRY PHELPS First Line: Each of us is like balboa: once in all our lives do we Last Line: Rank and tangled vine and jungle block our pathway to the peak. | |||
EACH of us is like Balboa: once in all our lives do we, Gazing from some tropic summit, look upon an unknown sea; But upon the dreary morrow, every way our footsteps seek, Rank and tangled vine and jungle block our pathway to the peak. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A DEAD LOVER by LOUISE BOGAN BATTLEDORE AND SHUTTLECOCK by AMY LOWELL THE SOUL'S EXPRESSION by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING A CLEVER WOMAN by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE THE BIRTHNIGHT: TO F by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE RETURNING, WE HEAR THE LARKS by ISAAC ROSENBERG |
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