Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WAGNER, by RUPERT BROOKE Poet's Biography First Line: Creeps in half wanton, half asleep Last Line: His pendulous stomach hangs a-shaking. Subject(s): Composers; Soldiers' Writings; Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) | ||||||||
Creeps in half wanton, half asleep, One with a fat wide hairless face. He likes love-music that is cheap; Likes women in a crowded place; And wants to hear the noise they're making. His heavy eyelids droop half-over, Great pouches swing beneath his eyes. He listens, thinks himself the lover, Heaves from his stomach wheezy sighs; He likes to feel his heart's a-breaking. The music swells. His gross legs quiver. His little lips are bright with slime. The music swells. The women shiver. And all the while, in perfect time, His pendulous stomach hangs a-shaking. | Other Poems of Interest...STREET CRIES: 6. TO RICHARD WAGNER by SIDNEY LANIER THE 'RING' CYCLE by JAMES INGRAM MERRILL WAGNER by RICHARD WATSON GILDER WAGNER by HENRY JOHNSON (1855-1918) TO RICHARD WAGNER by FRIEDRICH WILHELM NIETZSCHE TANNHAUSER by WILLIAM MORTON PAYNE THE DEATH OF RICHARD WAGNER by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE RING' CYCLE by JAMES INGRAM MERRILL |
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