Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FANCY DRESS, by SIEGFRIED SASSOON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Some brave, awake in you to-night Last Line: In heavens where tomahawks are barred. | ||||||||
SOME Brave, awake in you to-night, Knocked at your heart: an eagle's flight Stirred in the feather on your head. Your wide-set Indian eyes, alight Above high cheek-bones smeared with red, Unveiled cragg'd centuries, and led You, the snared wraith of bygone things -- Wild ancestries of trackless Kings -- Out of the past ... So men have felt Strange anger move them as they knelt Praying to gods serenely starred In heavens where tomahawks are barred. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A WORKING PARTY by SIEGFRIED SASSOON AFTERMATH by SIEGFRIED SASSOON BASE DETAILS by SIEGFRIED SASSOON BLIGHTERS by SIEGFRIED SASSOON COUNTER-ATTACK by SIEGFRIED SASSOON EVERYONE SANG by SIEGFRIED SASSOON FALLING ASLEEP by SIEGFRIED SASSOON |
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