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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MAYAN TEMPLE, by ADA CLARKE CARMICHIEL First Line: Mayan temple, crude and tall Last Line: In a temple made of clay. Subject(s): Mayas; Temples; Mosques | |||
Mayan Temple, crude and tall, Broken stairway up a wall; Curious Altar, mossey, old; Curious carvings, cruel, cold. Pictures on a carven cast Hold my fancy of a past: Feathered serpent, evil, bold, Ruled in glory and in gold. Serpents rule in gold today In a temple made of clay. | 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 GLIMPSES OF ITALY: 5. LIKE PAESTUM'S TEMPLE by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON THE EARTHLY HOUSE by PHOEBE CARY THE DESERTED SHRINE by GLADYS CROMWELL THE ARK OF THE COVENANT by NINA DAVIS |
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