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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EREIOTATOS, by NORMAN CABOT Poet's Biography First Line: Heaven's hierarchies defend me! Ill-conditioned powers Last Line: My mind was gone; my heart was full of you! Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | |||
HEAVEN'S hierarchies defend me! Ill-conditioned powers Give respite to us all! A shaft of light Shrieked from the empyreal fastnesses with showers Of fire and hail and adamant into night. Earth groaned and died. A universe of gloom Rushed to one central altitude. An ocean Of blood and blackness swallowed me up. A doom Fell round my limbs and robbed me of all motion. Chill was the ascending thunder of death. My lips were blue; My mind was gone; my heart was full of you! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY |
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