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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWO SONNETS: 1, by DAVID P. BERENBERG First Line: Antigone and helen - would they laugh Last Line: To tolerate such frolics in the shade! Subject(s): Mythology | |||
Antigone and Helen -- would they laugh To see La Belle Florinda shake her limbs? How would the sacred Eleusinian hymns Sound on the record of a phonograph? Oh, you who cherish La Belle's autograph, Who serve her eyebrows and her slightest whims, Oh, you who pay her supper bills at Tims' Who pride yourself that you can stand the gaff -- Would you be shocked beyond your puny wits Were you to stumble on the hidden glade Where Bacchanals and Helen danced and swayed Nude in the moonlight? Ah, the code that fits The glowing Broadway lights is much too staid To tolerate such frolics in the shade! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BEDTIME READING FOR THE UNBORN CHILD by KHALED MATTAWA EAST OF CARTHAGE: AN IDYLL by KHALED MATTAWA SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 7 by CONRAD AIKEN VICARIOUS ATONEMENT by RICHARD ALDINGTON NOTHING ABOUT THE MOMENT by LUCILLE CLIFTON VENUS IN A GARDEN by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON AN OFFERING FOR TARA by GARY SNYDER TWO SONNETS: 2 by DAVID P. BERENBERG |
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