Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ART, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography First Line: Art has her altars and her avatars Last Line: A poe sleeps, folded in that perfect dream. Subject(s): Art & Artists; Beauty; Dreams; Earth; Poetry & Poets; Sappho (610-580 B.c.); Soul; Nightmares; World | ||||||||
ART has her altars and her avatars, Makers of Beauty worship at her shrine; Earth may not daunt a soul that scans the stars And wets the lips with more than mortal wine. Imagination's frankincense and myrrh Bedew the dust and sweeten common day; The poet walks in meadows lovelier Than ours, and visions light his wandering way. Once having known the ecstasy of these, Once having glimpsed that high supernal gleam, A Sappho sings across the centuries, A Poe sleeps, folded in that perfect dream. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BROKEN BALANCE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SUBJECTED EARTH by ROBINSON JEFFERS GEOMETAPHYSICS by MARGARET AVISON NIAGARA by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS SOPHISTICATION by CONRAD AIKEN I SEE CHILE IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR by AGHA SHAHID ALI WASHING OUR HANDS OF THE REST OF AMERICA by MARVIN BELL THE EARTH IS A LIVING THING by LUCILLE CLIFTON BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |
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