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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SCARLET RENASCENCE, by BILL NOBLE First Line: They thought this blood diluted by the rain Last Line: The bloody claw upraised to smite the door! | |||
They thought this blood diluted by the rain Would be at peace, and all the grief and pain Be forgotten. They counted on the years To pacify these scarlet tears. Yet something in the russet buried stain Cannot rest calm, and lives and cannot die. Men died, and from the muck-pits where they lie The query of this redness finds its way Up twisted stairs of root-webbed clay... A silent, vast and terrifying "why?" Yet note fear growing more and ever more; These faces showing dread they knew before; The self-betraying loathing of the sane; The grinning skull beyond the pane; The bloody claw upraised to smite the door! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EXISTING POOL by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE STORY OF THE END OF THE STORY by JAMES GALVIN THE PASSING OF THE EX-SLAVE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SLEEPING TOGETHER by KATHERINE MANSFIELD THE DESERTER['S MEDITATION] by JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN THE MAID'S LAMENT; ELIZABETHAN by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR THE DAY-DREAM: MORAL by ALFRED TENNYSON PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 62. AL-MUMIT by EDWIN ARNOLD SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 35. BALACLAVA by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) CLIO, NINE ECLOGUES IN HONOUR OF NINE VIRTUES: 4. WORTHY MEMORY by WILLIAM BASSE |
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