{"product_id":"the-first-four-books-of-poems-paperback","title":"The First Four Books of Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eW. S. Merwin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHalf Roundel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI make no prayer\u003cbr\u003e For the spoilt season, \u003cbr\u003e The weed of Eden.\u003cbr\u003e I make no prayer.\u003cbr\u003e Save us the green\u003cbr\u003e In the weed of time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow is November;\u003cbr\u003e In night uneasy\u003cbr\u003e Nothing I say.\u003cbr\u003e I make no prayer.\u003cbr\u003e Save us from the water\u003cbr\u003e That washes us away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do I ponder?\u003cbr\u003e All smiled disguise, \u003cbr\u003e Lights in cold places, \u003cbr\u003e I make no prayer.\u003cbr\u003e Save us from air\u003cbr\u003e That wears us loosely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe leaf of summer\u003cbr\u003e To cold has come\u003cbr\u003e In little time.\u003cbr\u003e I make no prayer.\u003cbr\u003e From earth deliver\u003cbr\u003e And the dark therein.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow is no whisper\u003cbr\u003e Through all the living.\u003cbr\u003e I speak to nothing.\u003cbr\u003e I make no prayer.\u003cbr\u003e Save us from fire\u003cbr\u003e Consuming up and down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvening with Lee Shore and Cliffs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSea-shimmer, faint haze, and far out a bird\u003cbr\u003e Dipping for flies or fish. Then, when over\u003cbr\u003e That wide silk suddenly the shadow\u003cbr\u003e Spread skating, who turned with a shiver\u003cbr\u003e High in the rocks? And knew, then only, the waves'\u003cbr\u003e Layering patience: how they would follow after, \u003cbr\u003e After, dogged as sleep, to his inland\u003cbr\u003e Dreams, oh beyond the one lamb that cried\u003cbr\u003e In the olives, past the pines' derision. And heard\u003cbr\u003e Behind him not the sea's gaiety but its laughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Fishermen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen you think how big their feet are in black rubber\u003cbr\u003e And it slippery underfoot always, it is clever\u003cbr\u003e How they thread and manage among the sprawled nets, lines, \u003cbr\u003e Hooks, spidery cages with small entrances.\u003cbr\u003e But they are used to it. We do not know their names.\u003cbr\u003e They know our needs, and live by them, lending them wiles\u003cbr\u003e And beguilements we could never have fashioned for them;\u003cbr\u003e They carry the ends of our hungers out to drop them\u003cbr\u003e To wait swaying in a dark place we could never have chosen.\u003cbr\u003e By motions we have never learned they feed us.\u003cbr\u003e We lay wreaths on the sea when it has drowned them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eW.S. Merwin is one of America's leading poets. His prizes include the 2005 National Book Award for his collected poems, Migration, the Pulitzer Prize, the Stevens Award, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and Lannan Foundation. He is the author of dozens of books of poetry and translations. He lives in Hawaii, where he cultivates endangered palm trees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8.99 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53146488111411,"sku":"9781556591396","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/kM9SYrr059781556591396.webp?v=1773868113","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-first-four-books-of-poems-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}