Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FLOWERS ON THE TOP OF THE PILLARS AT ENTRANCE TO THE CAVE, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hope smiled when your nativity was cast Last Line: As the supreme artificer ordained. Subject(s): Caves; Staffa (island), Scotland; Caverns | ||||||||
HOPE smiled when your nativity was cast, Children of Summer! Ye fresh Flowers that brave What Summer here escapes not, the fierce wave, And whole artillery of the western blast, Battering the Temple's front, its long-drawn nave Smiting, as if each moment were their last. But ye, bright Flowers on frieze and architrave Survive, and once again the Pile stands fast: Calm as the Universe, from specular towers Of heaven contemplated by Spirits pure With mute astonishment, it stands sustained Through every part in symmetry, to endure, Unhurt, the assault of Time with all his hours, As the supreme Artificer ordained. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CLAY BISON IN A CAVE by CLARENCE MAJOR COUGNAC, 2007 by CLAYTON ESHLEMAN THE SWEETWATER CAVERNS by KIMIKO HAHN INSCRIPTIONS: 1. FOR A GROTTO by MARK AKENSIDE AJANTA: 1. THE JOURNEY by MURIEL RUKEYSER AJANTA: 2. THE CAVE by MURIEL RUKEYSER AJANTA: 3. LES TENDRESSES BESTIALES by MURIEL RUKEYSER A JEWISH FAMILY; IN A SMALL VALLEY OPPOSITE ST. GOAR by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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