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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PANIC, by LOUIS GINSBERG
First Line: What causes all this sudden tumult, running
Last Line: What causes all this panic? It is you.
Subject(s): Self
First Line: What causes all this sudden tumult, running
Last Line: What causes all this panic? It is you.
Subject(s): Self
What causes all this sudden tumult, running
Along the shaken city of my soul,
As if an army menaces with cunning,
While drums of doom their muffled warning roll?
And all this trepidation has the sound
Of many startled towers slowly tumbling;
Of walls capitulating to the ground;
Of bulwarks splintering and ramparts crumbling;
Of many sighing flags and banners falling;
Of wild, confused alarms of countless feet;
Of wounded buglers frantically calling
Stampeding garrisons to quick retreat
Before invincible powers that pursue --
What causes all this panic? It is you.
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