Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE COLOSSI OF THE PLAIN, by MATHILDE BLIND Poet's Biography First Line: Ancient of days! Before the trojan wars Last Line: Helpless beneath heaven's penetrating smile. Alternate Author Name(s): Lake, Claude Subject(s): Egypt; Statues | ||||||||
ANCIENT of Days! Before the Trojan Wars You towered as now in your colossal prime, Watching the rosy footed morning climb O'er far Arabia's flushing mountain bars. Despite your weird disfigurement and scars You dwarf all other monuments. Sublime Survivors of old Thebes! you baffle Time, And sit in silent conclave with the Stars. Ah, once below you through the glittering plain Stretched avenues of Sphinxes to the Nile; And, flanked with towers, each consecrated fane Enshrined its god. The broken gods lie prone In roofless halls, their hallowed terrors gone, Helpless beneath Heaven's penetrating smile. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BAMBERGER REITER by MARY KINZIE FRAGMENT OF THE HEAD OF A QUEEN by CATE MARVIN STATUE AND BIRDS by LOUISE BOGAN STATUES IN THE PARK by BILLY COLLINS STATUETTE: LATE MINOAN by CECIL DAY LEWIS THE STATUE OF A LIBERTINE by RON PADGETT |
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