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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SAPPHO AND PHAON: 2. THE TEMPLE OF CHASTITY, by MARY DARBY ROBINSON Poet's Biography First Line: High on a rock, coeval with the skies Last Line: While love, his arrows broke, retires forlorn. Subject(s): Affliction; Frost; Ice; Love; Temples; Mosques | |||
High on a rock, coeval with the skies, A Temple stands, reared by immortal powers To Chastity divine! ambrosial flowers Twining round icicles, in columns rise, Mingling with pendent gems of orient dyes! Piercing the air, a golden crescent towers, Veiled by transparent clouds; while smiling hours Shake from their varying wings -- celestial joys! The steps of spotless marble, scattered o'er With deathless roses armed with many a thorn, Lead to the altar. On the frozen floor, Studded with tear-drops petrified by scorn, Pale vestals kneel the Goddess to adore, While Love, his arrows broke, retires forlorn. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT DENDERA by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR RAMESES WORSHIPS RAMESES AT ABU SIMBEL by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR GLIMPSES OF ITALY: 5. LIKE PAESTUM'S TEMPLE by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON MAYAN TEMPLE by ADA CLARKE CARMICHIEL THE EARTHLY HOUSE by PHOEBE CARY THE DESERTED SHRINE by GLADYS CROMWELL THE ARK OF THE COVENANT by NINA DAVIS THE MENORAH by MIRIAM DEL BANCO THE MIRACULOUS OIL by CAROLINE DEUTSCH JANUARY, 1795 by MARY DARBY ROBINSON |
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