Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MARATHON, SELECTION, by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES Poet's Biography First Line: Just these two words beneath a little spray Last Line: The ruddy fruit of blood-sown marathon. Alternate Author Name(s): Roge, Mme. Subject(s): Marathon, Greece | ||||||||
JUST these two words beneath a little spray Still freshly green, and tipped with brilliant red; What wonder should they snatch my faith away? Such noble birth! can it be credited? Ay! this has sprung from Glory's very heart, Who gave it to me plucked it from the mound; I see and press what somehow had its part With those who made the spot immortal ground. No stony relic; daily breath it drew In airs that blew two thousand years ago; Over the deathless hundred ninety-two, The green of victory budded into glow. 'T is a rich life-drop that I look upon, The ruddy fruit of blood-sown Marathon. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BATTLE OF MARATHON by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE SLEEPER OF MARATHON by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS EUCLES ANNOUNCING THE VICTORY OF MARATHON by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON MARATHON by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES MARATHON by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) MARATHON by JAMES RYDER RANDALL PERSIAN VERSION by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES A CHARACTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES A DAISY FROM THE PARTHENON by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES ANDRE by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES |
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