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ciaradhisabel's review
5.0
Two of the best poems in the book:
"Destiny
Often men who do not deserve get might and main,
anon a person's gifts ungraced remain.
Perhaps some rules of logic are concealed,
Mishaps that lie in wait are not revealed.
there is a fact that all of us can know,
World annals much light on this matter throw.
Fate keeps its eye on the nations do,
Like two-edged sword can riddle through and through. "
And:
"The Age of Infancy
The earth and sky were unknown worlds to me
Only the expanse of mother‘s bosom was a world to me
Every movement was a symbol of life‘s pleasure to me
My own speech was like a meaningless word to me
During infancy‘s pain if somebody made me cry
The noise of the door chain would comfort me
Oh! How I stared at the moon for long hours
Staring at its silent journey among broken clouds
I would ask repeatedly about its mountains and plains
And how surprised would I be at that prudent lie
My eye was devoted to seeing; my lip was prone to speak
My heart was no less than inquisitiveness personified. "
"Destiny
Often men who do not deserve get might and main,
anon a person's gifts ungraced remain.
Perhaps some rules of logic are concealed,
Mishaps that lie in wait are not revealed.
there is a fact that all of us can know,
World annals much light on this matter throw.
Fate keeps its eye on the nations do,
Like two-edged sword can riddle through and through. "
And:
"The Age of Infancy
The earth and sky were unknown worlds to me
Only the expanse of mother‘s bosom was a world to me
Every movement was a symbol of life‘s pleasure to me
My own speech was like a meaningless word to me
During infancy‘s pain if somebody made me cry
The noise of the door chain would comfort me
Oh! How I stared at the moon for long hours
Staring at its silent journey among broken clouds
I would ask repeatedly about its mountains and plains
And how surprised would I be at that prudent lie
My eye was devoted to seeing; my lip was prone to speak
My heart was no less than inquisitiveness personified. "
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