Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POWER OF CUSTOM, by PINDAR Poet's Biography First Line: Custom is lord of everything Last Line: Cyclopean, -- loot unasked, unbought. Subject(s): Customs, Social | ||||||||
CUSTOM is lord of everything, Of mortals and immortals king. High violence it justifies, With hand uplifted plundering. For this my testimony lies In Heracles. He sacked the stalls Of Geryon, and his cattle brought And stood them by Eurystheus' halls Cyclopean, -- loot unasked, unbought. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GOLD COAST CUSTOMS by EDITH SITWELL THE FLITCH OF DUNMOW by JAMES CARNEGIE TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. THE MEANING OF IT ALL by EDWARD CARPENTER THE LAW OF THE SALT by MARIE BATTERHAM LINDSEY CUSTOM by RENE FRANCOIS ARMAND PRUDHOMME THE LAW OF THE PERVERSE by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY HAIL! CHILDISH SLAVES OF SOCIAL RULES by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
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