The tea-rose tea-gown, etc. Supplants the mousseline of Cos, The pianola "replaces" Sappho's barbitos. Christ follows Dionysus, Phallic and ambrosial Made way for macerations, Caliban casts out Ariel. All things are a flowing, Sage Heracleitus says; But a tawdry cheapness Shall outlast our days. Even the Christian beauty Defects -- after Samothrace, We see To Kalon Decreed in the market place. Faun's flesh is not to us, Nor the saint's vision. We have the press for wafer; Franchise for circumcision. All men, in law, are equals. Free of Pisistratus, We choose a knave or an eunuch To rule over us. O bright Apollo, Tin andra, tin heroa, tin a theon, What god, man, or hero Shall I place a tin wreath upon! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOMESDAY BOOK: ARCHIBALD LOWELL by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE COUNTESS CATHLEEN IN PARADISE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS TO THE AUTHOR OF 'THE ROBBERS' (SCHILLER) by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A BALLAD OF HELL by JOHN DAVIDSON ANNE by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE ALL HAIL TO THE CZAR! by ALFRED AUSTIN LILIES OF WHITE by UNNUR BENEDIKTDOTTIR |