Sadness and Happiness: Poems by Robert Pinsky

by Robert Pinsky

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From Sadness and Happiness: Poems by Robert Pinsky:
CEREMONY FOR ANY BEGINNING

Robert Pinsky

Against weather, and the random
Harpies--mood, circumstance, the laws
Of biography, chance, physics--
The unseasonable soul holds forth,
Eager for form as a renowned
Pedant, the emperor's man of worth,
Hereditary arbiter of manners.

Soul, one's life is one's enemy.
As the small children learn,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691013225
• ISBN13: 9780691013220
• Release Date: December 1975
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.3" x 8.8"