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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FLIGHT OF THE WAR-EAGLE, by OBADIAH CYRUS AURINGER First Line: The eagle of the armies of the west Last Line: Far toward the hills of heaven unveiled and bright. Subject(s): War | |||
THE eagle of the armies of the West, Dying upon his alp, near to the sky, Through the slow days that paled the imperial eye, But could not tame the proud fire of his breast, -- Gone with the mighty pathos! Only rest Remains where passed that struggle stern and high; Rest, silence, broken sometimes by the cry Of mother and eaglets round the ravaged nest. 'T was when the death-cloud touched the mountain crest, A singer among the awed flocks cowering nigh, Looked up and saw against the sunrise sky An eagle, in ethereal plumage dressed, Break from the veil, and flame his buoyant flight Far toward the hills of heaven unveiled and bright. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...I AM YOUR WAITER TONIGHT AND MY NAME IS DIMITRI by ROBERT HASS MITRAILLIATRICE by ERNEST HEMINGWAY RIPARTO D'ASSALTO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY WAR VOYEURS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL THE SURVIVOR AMONG GRAVES by RANDALL JARRELL SO MANY BLOOD-LAKES by ROBINSON JEFFERS APRIL by OBADIAH CYRUS AURINGER |
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