Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FORD OF TRANSFIGURATION, by WILLIAM ROSE BENET Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O dreamful jason, at the roaring ford Last Line: Flash on thine eyes as queen of heaven's glory! Subject(s): Prayer; Transfiguration | ||||||||
O dreamful Jason, at the roaring ford Of life's Anaurus, now she pleads with thee, The crouching beldame, grim Reality. Uplift her bravely, trusting in thy Lord! Howsoe'er wearisome, howe'er deplored, Dare 'neath her weight the dark profundity Of midnight waters, with thy spirit free And resolute for truth, thy soul a sword! Her weight increases still? Yet struggling on Thy feet shall win the misty farther shore, And there the truth that wreathes an older story Greet thee with splendors of a sudden dawn, The heavy hag thy dauntless shoulders bore Flash on thine eyes as queen of heaven's glory! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TRANSFIGURATION by VICTOR MARIE HUGO METAMOPHOSES: PYGMALION AND THE STATUE by PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO METAMORPHOSES: BOOK 1 by PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO METAMORPHOSES: BOOK 11. AESACUS TRANSFORMED INTO A CORMORANT by PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO BEYOND THE IMAGE by HENRIQUETA LISBOA ODES II, 20. TO MAECENAS: THE POET PROPHESIES HIS IMMORTALITY by QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS THE FALCONER OF GOD by WILLIAM ROSE BENET A COLD TEMPERAMENT by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |
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