Late Wisdom
George Crabbe
1754 to 1832
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Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.
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Can their destructive force repel,
And their impetuous wrath assuage?
This bold rebellious race are fled?
Now, 'tis our boast that we can quell
By long experience taught, we know?
And now the torch of truth is found,
Art warring with the mighty dead?
Can all the worth of these allow,
We've trod the maze of error round,
When all these tyrants rest, and thou
Long wandering in the winding glade;
The wildest passions in their rage,
Can rightly judge of friends and foes;
It only shows us where we strayed:
Ah, Virtue! dost thou arm when now
And all the faults discern in those.