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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CAMPUS SONNET: BEFORE AN EXAMINATION, by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET Poet's Biography
First Line: The little letters dance across the page
Last Line: Ring icy-clear from the far deeps of night.
Subject(s): Examinations; Universities & Colleges
First Line: The little letters dance across the page
Last Line: Ring icy-clear from the far deeps of night.
Subject(s): Examinations; Universities & Colleges
The little letters dance across the page,
Flaunt and retire, and trick the tired eyes;
Sick of the strain, the glaring light, I rise
Yawning and stretching, full of empty rage
At the dull maunderings of a long dead sage,
Fling up the windows, fling aside his lies;
Choosing to breathe, not stifle and be wise,
And let the air pour in upon my cage.
The breeze blows cool and there are stars and stars
Beyond the dark, soft masses of the elms
That whisper things in windy tones and light.
They seem to wheel for dim, celestial wars;
And I -- I hear the clash of silver helms
Ring icy-clear from the far deeps of night.
Other Poems of Interest...
CAMPUS SONNET: MAY MORNING by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET
CAMPUS SONNET: RETURN - 1917 by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET
CAMPUS SONNET: TALK by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET
ODE FOR SCHOOL CONVOCATION by JOHN CIARDI
A PHOTO OF A LOVER FROM MY JUNIOR YEAR IN COLLEGE by ALBERT GOLDBARTH
KENT STATE, MAY 1970 by JOHN HAINES
TO A VISITING POET IN A COLLEGE DORMITORY by CAROLYN KIZER
BACCALAUREATE by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH
NOTHING AND THE INCIDENT IN THE STREETS by GREGORY ORR