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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HUNTING HORNS, by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Our story is noble and tragic Last Line: Whose sound dies on the breeze. Alternate Author Name(s): Kostrowitzky, Wilhelm Apollina Subject(s): Memory | |||
Our story is noble and tragic As a tyrant's mask; No dangerous drama or magic; No detail unpoetic Makes our love-dream pathetic. And Thomas De Quincey drinking His opiate hippocras Of his poor Ann wandered thinking Let us pass, since all things pass I shall return at my ease. Memories are hunting horns Whose sound dies on the breeze. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEMORY AS A HEARING AID by TONY HOAGLAND THE SAME QUESTION by JOHN HOLLANDER FORGET HOW TO REMEMBER HOW TO FORGET by JOHN HOLLANDER ON THAT SIDE by LAWRENCE JOSEPH MEMORY OF A PORCH by DONALD JUSTICE BEYOND THE HUNTING WOODS by DONALD JUSTICE AUTUMN by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE |
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