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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OCTOBER XXIX, 1795 (KEATS' BIRTHDAY), by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE Poet's Biography First Line: Time sitting on the throne of memory Last Line: Because he played with beauty for a toy!' Subject(s): Keats, John (1795-1821); Poetry & Poets | |||
Time sitting on the throne of Memory Bade all her subject Days the past had known Arise and say what thing gave them renown Unforgettable, 'Rising from the sea, I gave the Genoese his dreams to be;' 'I saw the Corsican's Guards swept down;' 'Colonies I made free from a tyrant's crown;' -- So each Day told its immortality. And with these blazing triumphs spoke one voice Whose wistful speech no vaunting did employ: 'I know not if 'twere by Fate's chance or choice I hold the lowly birth of an English boy; I only know he made man's heart rejoice Because he played with Beauty for a toy!' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB SCINTILLA by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE |
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