Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MORTAL COMBAT, by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE Poet's Biography First Line: It is because you were my friend Last Line: And be a man like other men. Alternate Author Name(s): Anodos Subject(s): Discontent; Friendship; Mankind; Dissatisfaction; Human Race | ||||||||
IT is because you were my friend, I fought you as the devil fights. Whatever fortune God may send, For once I set the world to rights. And that was when I thrust you down, And stabbed you twice and twice again, Because you dared take off your crown, And be a man like other men. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW MUCH EARTH by PHILIP LEVINE THE SHEEP IN THE RUINS by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH THE CONQUERORS by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY THE MARMOZET by HILAIRE BELLOC MEN, WOMEN, AND EARTH by ROBERT BLY BROTHERS: 3. AS FOR MYSELF by LUCILLE CLIFTON WHERE A ROMAN VILLA STOOD, ABOVE FREIBURG' by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE |
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