Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOWARD THE PIRAEUS: INTRODUCTION, by HILDA DOOLITTLE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Slay with your eyes, greek Last Line: One blow for you, passionate greek. Alternate Author Name(s): H. D.; Aldington, Richard, Mrs. Subject(s): Bible | ||||||||
Slay with your eyes, Greek, men over the face of the earth, slay with your eyes, the host, puny, passionless, weak. Break as the ranks of steel broke when the Persian lost: craven, we hated them then: now we would count them Gods beside these, spawn of the earth. Grant us your mantle, Greek! grant us but one to fright (as your eyes) with a sword, men, craven and weak, grant us but one to strike one blow for you, passionate Greek. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...O TO BE A DRAGON by MARIANNE MOORE BIBLICAL MEDITATIONS by YEHUDA AMICHAI KING DAVID DANCES by JOHN BERRYMAN THE DREAM SONGS: 234. THE CARPENTER'S SON by JOHN BERRYMAN THE DREAM SONGS: 47. APRIL FOOL'S DAY, OR, ST MARY OF EGYPT by JOHN BERRYMAN |
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