Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE POET'S CALENDAR: JULY, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW


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First Line: My emblem is the lion, and I breathe
Last Line: I am the emperor whose name I bear.
Subject(s): July


My emblem is the Lion, and I breathe
The breath of Libyan deserts o'er the land;
My sickle as a sabre I unsheathe,
And bent before me the pale harvests stand.
The lakes and rivers shrink at my command,
And there is thirst and fever in the air;
The sky is changed to brass, the earth to sand;
I am the Emperor whose name I bear.






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