Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE VOLGA, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poet's Biography First Line: And still we kept the volga's tide Last Line: On either side was the grassy sea. Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Variant Title(s): The Lower Volga Subject(s): Russia; Volga River, Russia; Soviet Union; Russians | ||||||||
AND still we kept the Volga's tide, The Volga rolling gray and wide; While the gulls of the Caspian over it flew, A flash of silver and jet in the sun, And, chill though the blast from the Oural blew, Circled and hovered till day was done. Faint, in the lulls of the wind, from shore Came the lowing of herds that roved the plain; And the bells rang over the water's roar Calling the hamlet to holy fane. And slowly the fishers of Astrakhan Stemmed the current with laden keel; While the barges the Kama peasants man, And the barks of the Oka past them ran, Heaped with iron and wheat and steel; And as far as the wind could wander free, On either side was the grassy sea. | 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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