Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MAHOMET, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Utter the song. O my soul! The flight and return of mohammed Last Line: Rushes dividuous all -- all rushing impetuous onward. Subject(s): Muhammad, The Prophet (570-632); Mahomet; Mohammed | ||||||||
Utter the song, O my soul! the flight and return of Mohammed, Prophet and priest, who scatter'd abroad both evil and blessing, Huge wasteful empires founded and hallow'd slow persecution, Soul-withering, but crush'd the blasphemous rites of the Pagan And idolatrous Christians. -- For veiling the Gospel of Jesus, They, the best corrupting, had made it worse than the vilest. Wherefore Heaven decreed th' enthusiast warrior of Mecca, Choosing good from iniquity rather than evil from goodness. Loud the tumult in Mecca surrounding the fane of the idol; -- Naked and prostrate the priesthood were laid -- the people with mad shouts Thundering now, and now with saddest ululation Flew, as over the channel of rock-stone the ruinous river Shatters its waters abreast, and in mazy uproar bewilder'd, Rushes dividuous all -- all rushing impetuous onward. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MAHOMET'S SONG by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE A TURKISH ELECTION by ARTHUR GUITERMAN MOHAMMED AND THE ASSASSIN by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES MOHAMMED AND THE BLIND ABDULLAH by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES MOHAMMED AND THE MISER by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES MOHAMMEDANISM by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES THE INFANCY OF MOHAMMED by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES THE DEER AND THE PROPHET by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON A CHILD'S EVENING PRAYER by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A DAY DREAM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A THOUGHT SUGGESTED BY A VIEW, OF SADDLEBACK IN CUMBERLAND by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |
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