Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN ODE TO MUSIC: 5, by JAMES GATES PERCIVAL Poet's Biography First Line: Majestic clio touched her silver wire Last Line: Now like the sighing breeze in silence melt away. Subject(s): Music & Musicians | ||||||||
Majestic Clio touched her silver wire, And through time's lengthened vista moved a train, In dignity sublime; -- the patriot's fire Kindled its torch in heaven's resplendent ray, And 'mid contention rose to Heaven again. In brightness glowing like the orb of day, The warrior drove his chariot o'er the slain, And dyed its wheels in gore; -- the battle's yell, The dying groan, the shout of victory -- Now like the tempest-gust in horror swell, Now like the sighing breeze in silence melt away. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINER NOTES TO AN IMAGINARY PLAYLIST by TERRANCE HAYES VARIATIONS: 13 by CONRAD AIKEN BELIEVE, BELIEVE by BOB KAUFMAN ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT by BOB KAUFMAN MUSIC by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES THE POWER OF MUSIC by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES THE CORAL GROVE by JAMES GATES PERCIVAL |
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