Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BLACK VULTURE, by GEORGE STERLING Poet's Biography First Line: Aloof upon the day's immeasured dome Last Line: His roads between the thunder and the sun. Subject(s): Vultures | ||||||||
ALOOF within the day's enormous dome, He holds unshared the silence of the sky. Far down his bleak, relentless eyes descry The eagle's empire and the falcon's home -- Far down, the galleons of sunset roam; His hazards on the sea of morning lie; Serene, he hears the broken tempest sigh Where cold sierras gleam like scattered foam. And least of all he holds the human swarm -- Unwitting now that envious men prepare To make their dream and its fulfilment one, When, poised above the caldrons of the storm, Their hearts, contemptuous of death, shall dare His roads between the thunder and the sun. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CHANT OF THE VULTURES by EDWIN MARKHAM UNDER THE VULTURE-TREE by DAVID BOTTOMS THE WOUNDED VULTURE by ANNE CHARLOTTE LYNCH BOTTA THE WOUNDED VULTURE by ANNE CHARLOTTE LYNCH BOTTA FABLES: 2ND SER. 2. THE VULTUR, THE SPARROW, AND OTHER BIRDS by JOHN GAY VULTURE by ALEXANDER (ALEKSANDR) ALEXANDROVICH BLOK THE QUEEN FORGETS by GEORGE STERLING |
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