poem "Australia", in which he turns gratefully "from the lush jungle of modern thought" to the arid interior of his homeland--"The Arabian desert of the human mind". There, he imagines, "some spirit" may escape "The learned doubt, the chatter of cultured apes/Which is called civilization over there". He may well "sing" in the accents of a long European tradition and call for others to join him in preserving it, but these are not the words of someone whose own country has nothing to teach him.Invitation to a Resurrection
from The Times Literary Supplement: Poem of the Week: Invitation to a Resurrection
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