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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GLIMPSES OF ITALY: 5. LIKE PAESTUM'S TEMPLE, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography First Line: Moments there are that loom up from the past Last Line: Radiant with dreams and ancient ecstasy. Subject(s): Sea; Sleep; Soul; Temples; Ocean; Mosques | |||
MOMENTS there are that loom up from the past Tarnished yet beautiful; we deemed them dead, Their old-time witchery for ever fled; Not so; for of a sudden, all unasked, Lo, they return to rule our souls at last; So fresh, so fair, they almost seem to shed A lovelier light than in the years long sped, Weaving a wonder that is unsurpassed: Proud vistaed arches, gleams of broken stone, Columns superb, blithe statues buried deep Until exhumed from immemorial sleep To be beloved as our household own: Like Paestum's temple, tranced beside the sea, Radiant with dreams and ancient ecstasy. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BAYADERE by FRANCIS SALTUS SALTUS AT DENDERA by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR RAMESES WORSHIPS RAMESES AT ABU SIMBEL by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR MAYAN TEMPLE by ADA CLARKE CARMICHIEL THE EARTHLY HOUSE by PHOEBE CARY THE DESERTED SHRINE by GLADYS CROMWELL THE ARK OF THE COVENANT by NINA DAVIS THE MENORAH by MIRIAM DEL BANCO THE MIRACULOUS OIL by CAROLINE DEUTSCH BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |
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