Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE COLOSSI OF THE PLAIN, by MATHILDE BLIND



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THE COLOSSI OF THE PLAIN, by                     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.







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