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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE IDOL, by AUGUSTE BARBIER First Line: O limp-haired corsican! Thy france was fair Last Line: Unquiet when she neighed. Subject(s): Animals; Horses; Idols | |||
O LIMP-HAIRED Corsican! thy France was fair By Messidor's wide sunbeams lit! Like a rebellious steed that will not bear Or golden rein or iron bit; A tameless filly whose rude flanks did smoke With blood of royal kings outpoured, She proudly trod the ancestral soil and broke At last from tyranny abhorred. Never had she yet felt the mastering hand Harass and goad with whip and rein; Her back by saddle never had been spanned, Nor dragged a foreign chain; Ungroomed her wild mane; like a gypsy wench Proud-eyed, her haunches swayed On upright limbs; she made the whole world blench Unquiet when she neighed. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CAMEO by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE IDOLS by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON TO AN AZTEC IDOL by PATRICK REGINALD CHALMERS CAELICA: 105 by FULKE GREVILLE ROMANCERO: BOOK 1. HISTORIES: THE GOLDEN CALF by HEINRICH HEINE WIND-CLOUDS AND STAR-DRIFTS by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES DANCE TO BAAL by FELIX KOWALEWSKI QUANTRAINS: THE INNER WORSHIP by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN AN EASTERN GOD by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER MICHAEL ANGELO by AUGUSTE BARBIER |
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