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Amy Lowell - The Poet

What instinct forces man to journey on,
Urged by a longing blind but dominant!
Nothing he sees can hold him, nothing daunt
His never failing eagerness.  The sun
Setting in splendour every night has won
His vassalage; those towers flamboyant
Of airy cloudland palaces now haunt
His daylight wanderings.  Forever done
With simple joys and quiet happiness
He guards the vision of the sunset sky;
Though faint with weariness he must possess
Some fragment of the sunset's majesty;
He spurns life's human friendships to profess
Life's loneliness of dreaming ecstasy.

Added: on October 5th, 2004 at 7:15 PM | Viewed: 2546 times | Comments and analysis of The Poet by Amy Lowell Comments (2)


The Poet - Comments and Information

Poet: Amy Lowell
Poem: 12. The Poet
Volume: A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass
- Sonnets

Comment 2 of 2, added on March 6th, 2006 at 10:45 AM.

This poem is truely outstanding. I love to read her work. Actually i don't. This lady is weird and makes peoms that make absolutely no sense. Her rhyming sucks butt. Thanks for the opportunity to share my thoughts.

Harry Dick from United States
Comment 1 of 2, added on October 5th, 2004 at 7:15 PM.

AMY What a wonderful poem, really good lines, made me smile thank you for sharing your thoughts.
gary

GARY BENDER from United States

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