Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ARROW-KING, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: How shall I picture forth the eagle's flight? Last Line: With no assailant else in earth or sky! Subject(s): Arrows | ||||||||
How shall I picture forth the eagle's flight? An arrow feather'd with two mighty vans, That soars and stoops at will, and broadly scans The woods and waters with a living sight! A wondrous arrow! wheeling round and round, Before its prone descent upon the prey, Descried far off upon the subject ground, And with one stroke disabled for the fray; But lo! there comes a small, unpennon'd thing, And, from the rifle's throat directly sped, Is potent to bring down this arrow-king, With slacken'd wing and self-abandon'd head. His nearest foe is yonder human eye, With no assailant else in earth or sky! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN OF THE LITTLE MOUTHFUL by ANNE CARSON THE ARROW AND THE SONG by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW I'VE GOT AN ARROW HERE by EMILY DICKINSON LUCIFER SINGS IN SECRET by ELINOR WYLIE ILL-TEMPERED LOVER, SELECTION by LOUIS ALEXANDER MACKAY ARROW MAKER by CHAPMAN JAMES MILLING THE ARCHER by CRAWFORD WILLIAMS UNDER A WINGED CUPID by ANONYMOUS IN MEMORIAM DYLAN THOMAS by CHRISTOPHER MURRAY GRIEVE HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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