Nature

Unqualified

by Madison Cawein 1865–1914

From The Poems of Madison Cawein (1907)

Nature

Not his the part to win the goal,
The flaming goal that flies before,
Into whose course the apples roll
Of self that stay the feet the more.

Beyond himself he shall not win
Whose aim is as a driven dust,
That his own soul must wander in,
Seeing no farther than his lust.

MLA

Cawein, Madison. “Unqualified.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cawein/657/.

Chicago

Cawein, Madison. “Unqualified.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cawein/657/.

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