Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SACRED GROUND, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Poet's Biography First Line: A place to mark the graces, when they come Last Line: To utter these high secrets reverently. Subject(s): Muses; Olympus (mountain), Greece | ||||||||
A PLACE to mark the Graces, when they come Down from Olympus, still and secretly, To join the Oreads in their festival, Beneath the light of the benignant moon. There lies the poet, watching them unseen, The whilst they chant the sweetest songs of heaven, Or, floating o'er the sward without a sound, Lead on the mystic wonder of the dance. All that is great in heaven, or fair on earth, Unveils its glories to the dreamer's eye, And all he tells the Muses. They again, Knowing that Gods are jealous of their own, Teach him, through all the passion of his verse, To utter these high secrets reverently. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OLYMPUS by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES UNDERTONES by BEULAH WINDLE SCALLIN THE GODS LAUGHED ON HIGH OLYMPUS by LEONORA SPEYER PARTY ON OLYMPUS by JAMES LAUGHLIN A SONG FROM THE COPTIC by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE FAUST: SCENE 1. PROLOGUE IN HEAVEN by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE HASTE NOT! REST NOT! by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE PROMETHEUS by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE THE ERL-KING by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE |
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