Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JULIUS CAESAR, by ARTHUR PETERSON Poet's Biography First Line: Thou demi-god of rome, whose fame Last Line: The act to which the dream is wrought. Subject(s): Caesar, Julius (100-44 B.c.) | ||||||||
Thou demi-god of Rome, whose fame Down twenty centuries comes to me, How burns my soul to be like thee Whene'er I hear thy mighty name! Fades Shakespeare; fade those kings of song, Blind Homer, Milton the divine, The Mantuan and the Florentine. Allures no more that laureled throng. Them I revere, but thee I love, O Julius, this the spirit's truth, Who, pale and dissolute in thy youth, In manhood the strong world didst move. Yes, thee I love, thou rulest my thought, Great Master of both pen and sword; Better than any written word, The act to which the dream is wrought. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A DREAM OF JULIUS CAESAR by ROBERT FROST CAESAR'S LOST TRANSPORT SHIPS by ROBERT FROST THE MYSTERIES OF CAESAR by ANTHONY HECHT AFTER CONSTRUING by ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON CAESAR AND CHRIST by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK THE KING by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE THE SEVEN SLEEPERS OF EPHESUS by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE A CLOUD FANCY by ARTHUR PETERSON |
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