Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOULD AND VASE; GREEK POTTERY OF AREZZO, by EDITH WHARTON Poet's Biography First Line: Here in the jealous hollow of the mould Last Line: As here the written word the inner sound. Subject(s): Pottery And Potters | ||||||||
HERE in the jealous hollow of the mould, Faint, light-eluding, as templed in the breast Of some rose-vaulted lotus, see the best The artist had -- the vision that unrolled Its flying sequence till completion's hold Caught the wild round and bade the dancers rest -- The mortal lip on the immortal pressed One instant, ere the blindness and the cold. And there the vase: immobile, exiled, tame, The captives of fulfillment link their round, Foot-heavy on the inelastic ground, How different, yet how enviously the same! Dishonoring the kinship that they claim, As here the written word the inner sound. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FACE JUGS: HOMAGE TO LANIER MEADERS by DAVID BOTTOMS POTTERY MAKER by MARGARET MARCHAND BROWN THE POTTERY MAKER by CAREY YATES BUSBY THE CONTRAST TO WATTS' HYMN 'THE POTTER AND THE CLAT' by JOHN BYROM CREATION by JULIA MAY COURTNEY THE FIRE VASE by NATHALIA CRANE MOMENT IN MARBLE by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER AWAKENING by KATE HASSELL REYNOLDS |
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