Hope and Fear—those internecine fighters—stop fighting and accost him "No man may him hyde From Deth, holow eyed," But for you, twin spirits, that shall not suffice: You are not male nor female, but a plan Deep set within the heart of man. Splendid with splendor hid, you come from your Arab abode, A fiery topaz smothered in the hand of a great prince who rode Like you, Sun, forth when day began, Flanked by his caravan. O Sun, you shall stay With us. Holiday And day of wrath shall be as one, wound in a device Of Moorish gorgeousness, round glasses spun To flame as hemispheres of one Great hour-glass dwindling to one stem. Consume hostility! Employ your weapon in this meeting place of surging enmity! Insurgent feet shall not outrun Multiplied flames, O Sun! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE ON THE POETICAL CHARACTER by WILLIAM COLLINS (1721-1759) THE BAT by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON NO BABY IN THE HOUSE by CLARA G. DOLLIVER HIPPOLYTUS TEMPORIZES by HILDA DOOLITTLE THE TRIUMPHS OF OWEN: A FRAGMENT by THOMAS GRAY THE MOUNTAIN TOMB: 1. TO A CHILD DANCING IN THE WIND by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |