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Fond Memories of Robert Graves |
| Section: THE ARTS / POETRY |
| Author: Christopher V. Davies |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1986 |
| Size: 2,170 Words, 12,802 Characters |
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" 'What is the use or function of poetry nowadays?' is a question not the less poignant for being asked by so many silly people. The function of poetry is religious invocation of the Muse; its use is the experience of mixed exaltation and horror that her presence excites. But 'nowadays'? Function and use remain the same; only the application has changed. This was once a warning to man that he must keep in harmony with the family of living creatures among which he was born, by obedience to the wishes of the lady of the house; it is now a reminder that he has disregarded the warning, turned the house upside down by capricious experiments in philosophy, science and industry, and brought ruin on himself and his family."
--Robert Graves, from The White Goddess
With the passing of...
. . .
... firebird beating his way
Down a whirled avenue of blues and yellows.
Should I not weep? Profuse the berries of love,
The speckled fish, the filberts and white ivy
Which you, with a half-smile, bestow
On your delectable broad land of promises
For me, who never before went gay in plumes.
The Black Goddess
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