Richard Francis Burton Strong Poems

  • 1.
    NOT drowsihood and dreams and mere idless,
    Nor yet the blessedness of strength regained,
    Alone are in what men call sleep. The past,
    My unsuspected soul, my parentsâ?? voice,
    ...
  • 2.
    UNCONQUERABLY, men venture on the quest
    And seek an ocean amplitude unsailed,
    Cold, virgin, awful. Scorning ease and rest,
    And heedless of the heroes who have failed,
    ...
  • 3.
    A VIEWLESS thing is the wind,
    But its strength is mightier far
    Than a phalanxed host in battle line,
    Than the limbs of a Samson are.
    ...
Total 3 Strong Poems by Richard Francis Burton

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Melville And Coghill - The Place Of The Little Hand
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DEAD, with their eyes to the foe,
Dead, with the foe at their feet;
Under the sky laid low
Truly their slumber is sweet,
Though the wind from the Camp of the
Slain Men blow,
And the rain on the wilderness beat.

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