Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GATEWAY, by HARVEY MAITLAND WATTS First Line: What rome in sheer abandonment of pride Last Line: Glad millions press to life's exultant noon! Subject(s): Commuters; Pennsylvania Station, New York City; Railroads; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
What Rome in sheer abandonment of pride Flung free on high for Purple Ease a lair, Fretted with gold, a-gleam with spoils most rare, Here, to a nobler use soars purified. While from its silent depths controllèd glide The slaving monsters as the people fare Of all things past the free, resplendent heir Holding the earth in leash with naught untried. Lo! 'neath these vaultings how oblivion sweeps The older portals! What the Golden Horn? Or Venice, dreaming where soft waters swoon? Or Atlas towering o'er grey ocean's deep? Here, where this titan gateway greets the morn Glad millions press to life's exultant noon! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES TO H. B. (WITH A BOOK OF VERSE) by MAURICE BARING DIGGING FOUNDATIONS AT NIGHT; CORTLAND STREET by HARVEY MAITLAND WATTS THE PINES, SIXTY-SEVENTH STREET; CENTRAL PARK, LOOKING SOUTHWARD by HARVEY MAITLAND WATTS |
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