Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALUPKA, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poet's Biography First Line: Cross but this rocky height, and lo! Last Line: Alupka, pride of the cliff and wave! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Variant Title(s): The Crimean Coast And Alupka Subject(s): Russia; Soviet Union; Russians | ||||||||
CROSS but this rocky height, and lo! A valley rare as Rasselas Found in the Abyssinian pass, With warmth and beauty all aglow! Where for Tartar mosque and royal villa Is many a shining porphyry pillar, With marbles for altar and floor and stair Veined with vermilion or amber fair; And fountains fed by the rills that fall Cool and clear from the mountain wall. Where the olive and orange and nectarine Ripen the seaside gardens in, And the winds are sweet as the breeze that sighs Over the meadows of Paradise! -- Yea, and the blessed there might crave Alupka, pride of the cliff and wave! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 259 by LYN HEJINIAN A FOREIGN COUNTRY by JOSEPHINE MILES THE DIAMOND PERSONA by NORMAN DUBIE IN MEMORIAM: 1933 (7. RUSSIA: ANNO 1905) by CHARLES REZNIKOFF TAKE A LETTER TO DMITRI SHOSTAKOVITCH by CARL SANDBURG READING THE RUSSIANS by RUTH STONE THE SOVIET CIRCUS VISITS HAVANA, 1969 by VIRGIL SUAREZ A PROBLEM IN AESTHETICS by KAREN SWENSON COLUMBUS DYING [MAY 20, 1506] by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR SA-CA-GA-WE-A; THE INDIAN GIRL WHO GUIDED LEWIS AND CLARK by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR |
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