WHEN fishes flew and forests walked And figs grew upon thorn, Some moment when the moon was blood Then surely I was born; With monstrous head and sickening cry And ears like errant wings, The devil's walking parody On all four-footed things. The tattered outlaw of the earth, Of ancient crooked will; Starve. scourge, deride me: I am dumb, I keep my secret still. Fools! For I also had my hour; One far fierce hour and sweet: There was a shout about my ears, And palms before my feet. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TWENTY-FOUR HOKKU ON A MODERN THEME by AMY LOWELL RAHEL TO VARNHAGEN by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON THE END OF THE WORLD by GORDON BOTTOMLEY ECLOGUE: FATHER COME HWOME by WILLIAM BARNES MADRIGAL by STANISLAUS JEAN DE BOUFFLERS |