Versecraft
Versecraft
Elijah Perseus Blumov
"Nor Strange It Is" by Frederick Goddard Tuckerman
19 minutes Posted Feb 4, 2025 at 7:00 pm.
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Soundtrack to this episode Text of poem: Nor strange it is, to us who walk in bonds Of flesh and time, if virtue's self awhile Gleam dull like sunless ice; whilst graceful guile— Blood-flecked like hematite or diamonds With a red inward spark—to reconcile Beauty and evil seems and corresponds So well with good that the mind joys to have Full wider jet and scope nor swings and sleeps Forever in one cradle wearily: Like those vast weeds that off d'Acunha's isle Wash with the surf and flap t...