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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM, by GEORGE SANTAYANA Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Three sorrows, three invisible swords are nailed Last Line: That vanquished spain and friendship and the gods. Subject(s): Spanish-american War (1898) | |||
Three sorrows, three invisible swords are nailed In this cold heart, and all my hopes have failed. First the gods perished to whom men had prayed Cradled in fancy; them the truth betrayed, Then time, the world, and ah! the fangs of lust Embittered Love, and dragged it in the dust. Last my sad country, 'mid a rabble's jeers, Suffered the outrage of the treacherous years. ||Now|| too, high-meted soul, tho' stricken, proud Enough for silence and the common shroud. Bow; meet contented the ignoble odds That vanquished Spain and Friendship and the Gods. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PHILIPPINE CONQUEST by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPAIN IN AMERICA by GEORGE SANTAYANA YOUNG SAMMY'S FIRST WILD OATS by GEORGE SANTAYANA WHEN THE GREAT GRAY SHIPS COME IN [AUGUST 20, 1898] by GUY WETMORE CARRYL THE CALL TO THE COLORS by ARTHUR GUITERMAN THE RUSH OF THE OREGON by ARTHUR GUITERMAN THE CHARGE AT SANTIAGO by WILLIAM HAMILTON HAYNE FOR DECORATION DAY: 1898-1899 by RUPERT HUGHES THE MARTYRS OF THE MAINE by RUPERT HUGHES |
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