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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When time has rocked the present age to sleep Last Line: Shall permeate the heavens at your feet! Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Braithwaite, William Stanley (1878-1962) | |||
When time has rocked the present age to sleep, And lighter hearts are lilting to the sway Of rhythmic poesy's enhanced lay, Recurring sequences shall fitly keep Your fame eternal, as they lightly sweep Aside the curtain to that potent day When you in primal fervor led the way Unto Apollo's narrow winding steep. None shall forget your travail, utter, sore, That oped the golden avenue of song, When, like a knight, so errantly you bore The mantled children valiantly along, Their homage as a rising incense sweet Shall permeate the heavens at your feet! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest... |
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