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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 90. 'RETRO ME, SATHANA!', by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Get thee behind me. Even as, heavy-curled Last Line: For certain years, for certain months and days. Alternate Author Name(s): Rossetti, Gabriel Charles Dante Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology | |||
GET thee behind me. Even as, heavy-curled, Stooping against the wind, a charioteer Is snatched from out his chariot by the hair, So shall Time be; and as the void car, hurled Abroad by reinless steeds, even so the world: Yea, even as chariot-dust upon the air, It shall be sought and not found anywhere. Get thee behind me, Satan. Oft unfurled, Thy perilous wings can beat and break like lath Much mightiness of men to win thee praise. Leave these weak feet to tread in narrow ways. Thou still, upon the broad vine-sheltered path, Mayst wait the turning of the phials of wrath For certain years, for certain months and days. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY FOUND' (FOR A PICTURE) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |
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