English Poetry. Edward Rowland Sill. The Philosopher. Эдвард Роулэнд Силл.

Edward Rowland Sill (Эдвард Роулэнд Силл)

The Philosopher

HIS wheel of logic whirled and spun all day;
All day he held his system, grinding it
Finer and finer, till 't was fined away.

But the chance sparks of sense and mother-wit,
Flung out, as that wheel-logic spun and whirled,
Kindled the nations, and lit up the world.

Edward Rowland Sill’s other poems:

1. Summer Rain
2. Appreciated
3. Night and Peace
4. Among the Redwoods
5. Hermione

Poems of other poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

Emily Brontë (Эмили Бронте) The Philosopher (“Enough of thought, philosopher!”)

Edna Millay (Эдна Миллей) The Philosopher (“And what are you that, wanting you”)

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