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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT ARLES, by GEORGE SANTAYANA Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I see thy likeness in all beauteous things Last Line: That made us wretched all, and thee divine. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion | |||
(where a picture of the Crucifixion hung in the Museum above a bust of Antinous) I see thy likeness in all beauteous things, So much are beauty and thy likeness one: Thee in the painted death of Mary's Son, Thee in the marble loves of pagan kings. Each day, each hour, its drop of trouble brings To swell the flood of sorrows long since done, Till down Earth's cheek the loosened waters run, Darkly foregathered in her frozen springs. What wealth of tears were this, to weep today That he's a god who was Antinous? Why mourn for Jesus? Christ remains to us. Cruel perfection! Every lure is thine, Ours every grief; till love shall pass away That made us wretched all, and thee divine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 2. ANGEL ... by MARVIN BELL CAROL: NEW STYLE by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET THE CROSS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE SILVER TRADE by ARTHUR SZE SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DEAD, AND BURIED by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER |
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