Famous Human Head Poems by Famous Poets

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The Morrow Of Grandeur

...ng star. 
 
 God guards duration, if lends space to thee, 
 Thou mayst o'er-range mundane immensity, 
 Rise high as human head can rise sublime, 
 Snatch Europe from the stamp of Charlemagne, 
 Asia from Mahomet; but never gain 
 Power o'er the Morrow from the Lord of Time! 
 
 Fraser's Magazine. 


 




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by Hugo, Victor


The Old And The New Masters

...e pointed out 
By a man kneeling, the true way; the ox 
And the donkey, two heads in the manger 
So much greater than a human head, who also adore; 
Even the offerings, a sheaf of wheat, 
A jar and a glass of flowers, are absolutely still 
In natural concentration, as they take their part 
In the salvation of the natural world. 
The time of the world concentrates 
On this one instant: far off in the rocks 
You can see Mary and Joseph and their donkey 
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by Jarrell, Randall

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