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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWO SONNETS: 2, by DAVID P. BERENBERG First Line: Or is it all illusion? Do the years Last Line: For me, my vision of the long ago! Subject(s): Advertising; Mythology | |||
Or is it all illusion? Do the years Cover with glamor what was tawdry then? Did moralists and such like thunder when Antigone got drunk on Attic beers, And danced too freely mid the eager leers Of Plato's seniors, who bought up the glen To prove to Athens that they lived like men -- And gave Antigone the college cheers? It may be so. I should not think it strange. Herodias, Antigone, La Belle -- One sisterhood. Perhaps we do not change As much as some pretend to think. Ah, well -- Don't let me spoil your pleasure in the show -- For me, my vision of the long ago! | 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 |
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