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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)
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