Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CALLIOPE, by RAY CLARKE ROSE First Line: Chief of the muses - great calliope! Last Line: Thus mask in modern processes immense. Subject(s): Calliope (goddess); Goddesses & Gods; Muses; Mythology | ||||||||
Chief of the Musesgreat Calliope! Where is thy idle stylus hid to-day That rod, whose grand, immortalizing sway Held Homer's hand in trust as honor's fee? And has thy tuba lost its ancient free And ample eloquence? Forsooth! the bray Of modern orators is puppet play The loon's call hooting by life's raging sea! And yet, I heard a locomotive roar Across the almost boundless plain; its voice Spake with prophetic power, thus: "Rejoice! I carry progress to the farthest shore." Perchance thy epic staves and eloquence Thus mask in modern processes immense. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BEDTIME READING FOR THE UNBORN CHILD by KHALED MATTAWA EAST OF CARTHAGE: AN IDYLL by KHALED MATTAWA SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 7 by CONRAD AIKEN VICARIOUS ATONEMENT by RICHARD ALDINGTON NOTHING ABOUT THE MOMENT by LUCILLE CLIFTON VENUS IN A GARDEN by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON AN OFFERING FOR TARA by GARY SNYDER A BACHELOR'S VALENTINE by RAY CLARKE ROSE |
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