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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VILLANELLE OF CHANGE, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Since persia fell at marathon Last Line: Long centuries have come and gone. Subject(s): Change; Greece; Greeks | |||
Since Persia fell at Marathon, The yellow years have gathered fast; Long centuries have come and gone. And yet (they say) the place will don A phantom fury of the past, Since Persia fell at Marathon' And as of old, when Helicon Trembled andc swayed with rapture vast (Long centuries have come and gone), This ancient plain, when night comes on, Shakes to a ghostly battle-blast, Since Persia fell at Marathon. But into soundless Acheron The glory of Greek shame was cast: Long centuries have come and gone, The suns of Hellas have all shone, The first has fallen to the last: -- Since Persia fell at Marathon, Long centuries have come and gone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FLOWER NO MORE THAN ITSELF by LINDA GREGG ALMA IN ALL SEASONS by LINDA GREGG ALMA IN THE DARK by LINDA GREGG ALMA TO HER SISTER by LINDA GREGG ALONE WITH THE GODDESS by LINDA GREGG APHRODITE AND THE NATURE OF ART by LINDA GREGG AS BEING IS ETERNAL by LINDA GREGG A POEM FOR MAX NORDAU by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON |
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