Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TAMER OF STEEDS, by WILLIAM ROSE BENET Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Beyond this world where skies are free from stain Last Line: Of all the passions of the human heart. Subject(s): Horses; Passion | ||||||||
Beyond this world where skies are free from stain, Where brilliant flowers blow in open meads, I heard the drumming hooves of many steeds Raise maddening music from a grassy plain. They passed, with snorting nostril, flying mane, And fiery spirit; and the lad who breeds Their mettled herd, and pastures them, and feeds, Rode the black foremost, scorning spur or rein. His eyes were like a seer's and like a child's. His body shone irradiating joy. He fought his furious mount with strength and art. And then my mind divined the glorious boy As Eros, tamer in the heavenly wilds Of all the passions of the human heart. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...APPULDURCOMBE PARK by AMY LOWELL FIVE ACCOUNTS OF A MONOGAMOUS MAN by WILLIAM MEREDITH ON PASSION AS A LITERARY TRADITION by JOHN CIARDI LES GRANDES PASSIONS MANQUEES by IRVING FELDMAN THE FALCONER OF GOD by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |
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