Song
July 6, 2023[O World of many worlds]
July 6, 2023Laughter And Death
THERE is no laughter in the natural world
Of beast or fish or bird, though no sad doubt
Of their futurity to them unfurled
Has dared to check the mirth-compelling shout.
The lion roars his solemn thunder out
To the sleeping woods. The eagle screams her cry.
Even the lark must strain a serious throat
To hurl his blest defiance at the sky.
Fear, anger, jealousy, have found a voice.
Love’s pain or rapture the brute bosoms swell.
Nature has symbols for her nobler joys,
Her nobler sorrows. Who had dared foretell
That only man, by some sad mockery,
Should learn to laugh who learns that he must die?
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840-1922) was an English poet and writer who is best known for his poems and prose works that explored his political and social beliefs. Blunt was a strong advocate for animal rights and was actively involved in the struggle for Irish independence. His most famous works include "The Love Sonnets of Proteus" and "My Diaries: Being a Personal Narrative of Events, 1888-1914."