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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DAISY FROM THE PARTHENON, by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES Poet's Biography First Line: Field-daisies spreading lavish as the light Last Line: Shall fancy mind me in each common place. Alternate Author Name(s): Roge, Mme. Subject(s): Parthenon | |||
FIELD-DAISIES spreading lavish as the light, How loved they are of all who paint and sing! Yet dearer far are they unto my sight Now that I know the precincts whence they spring. This very one looked from the Parthenon; O simple flower! what splendid fate was thine! Now the Greek glory is about thee thrown, And oldest archives seem thy leaves to line. For me hereafter shall the daisies hold Hints of the Virgin's Temple in their face; Of fabled Phidian wonders, white and gold, Shall Fancy mind me in each common place. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON SEEING THE ELGIN MARBLES by JOHN KEATS THE APPARITION (THE PARTHENON UPLIFTED ON ITS ROCK ... ) by HERMAN MELVILLE THE PARTHENON by HERMAN MELVILLE THE PARTHENON by JAMES GATES PERCIVAL PARTHENON by JOHN HEATH-STUBBS SONNET TO MAN-MADE GRANDEUR by JOHN UPDIKE A CHARACTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES ANDRE by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES AT HAWTHORNE'S GRAVE by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES |
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