{"id":780,"date":"2011-03-10T13:41:17","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T13:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/apagansblog\/2011\/03\/wisdom-from-robinson-jeffers.html"},"modified":"2011-03-10T13:41:17","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T13:41:17","slug":"wisdom-from-robinson-jeffers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/apagansblog\/2011\/03\/wisdom-from-robinson-jeffers.html","title":{"rendered":"Wisdom from Robinson Jeffers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At this time when the worst side of many Americans is proudly exposed to view by people too morally lost, and too besotted with self-righteousness to realize what they are doing, it is good to reflect on a beautiful poem by Robinson Jeffers.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Frutiger, '\ufffdFrutiger Linotype\ufffd', Univers, Calibri, '\ufffdGill Sans\ufffd', '\ufffdGill Sans MT\ufffd', '\ufffdMyriad Pro\ufffd', Myriad, '\ufffdDejaVu Sans Condensed\ufffd', '\ufffdLiberation Sans\ufffd', '\ufffdNimbus Sans L\ufffd', Tahoma, Geneva, '\ufffdHelvetica Neue\ufffd', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><\/p>\n<h3>Praise Life<\/h3>\n<p>This country least, but every inhabited country<br \/>Is clotted with human anguish.<br \/>Remember that at your feasts.<\/p>\n<p>And this is no new thing but from time out of mind,<br \/>No transient thing, but exactly<br \/>Conterminous with human life.<\/p>\n<p>Praise life, it deserves praise, but the praise of life<br \/>That forgets the pain is a pebble<br \/>Rattled in a dry gourd.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At this time when the worst side of many Americans is proudly exposed to view by people too morally lost, and too besotted with self-righteousness to realize what they are doing, it is good to reflect on a beautiful poem by Robinson Jeffers. 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