Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BRAWL, by WILLIAM ROSE BENET Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Rapiers, clash over the wine cups! Last Line: (huzza! Thrust and parry!) | ||||||||
Rapiers, clash over the wine cups! (Guard, gallants merry!) Fling the flincher to bait where the swine sups! (Ward, gallants merry!) Here in the house of fray flickers good steel. Room for the rapier's way, elbow and heel! Drunken night pales from day, doomward to reel, (Huzza! Thrust and parry!) Watch where the windows grow lighter! Candle-light shrinks on the tables. Dawn lays her chill on the fighter. Ho! Our steeds stamp in the stables. (Thrust, gallants merry!) Wine stains or blood stains are ruddy. Whip over guard to the heart! Wrists, all so supple and bloody, Play a brave part! Harry it home in the tierce! (Hasten and harry!) Serpents our swords are, to pierce. (Close, gallants merry!) Crouch -- ward -- a brave clash of steels. Look you, he topples -- he reels! Death beats tattoo with his heels! (Huzza! Thrust and parry!) | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A COLD TEMPERAMENT by WILLIAM ROSE BENET A PASSSGE TO ITALY by WILLIAM ROSE BENET A SONG OF DAWN AT DUSK by WILLIAM ROSE BENET A STREET MOTHER by WILLIAM ROSE BENET AFTER-SIGHT by WILLIAM ROSE BENET AGNOSTIC TO MYSTIC by WILLIAM ROSE BENET AN EMISSARY TO HEAVEN by WILLIAM ROSE BENET AS FROM THE PAST -- by WILLIAM ROSE BENET BOOKS ET VERITAS by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |
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