Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CAVERNS; WRITTEN OF COLOSSAL CAVE, KENTUCKY, by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN Poet's Biography First Line: Aisles and abysses; leagues no man explores Last Line: An ancient causeway of forgotten hell. Subject(s): Caves; Caverns | ||||||||
AISLES and abysses; leagues no man explores, Of rock that labyrinths and night that drips; Where everlasting silence broods, with lips Of adamant, o'er earthquake-builded floors. Where forms, such as the Demon-World adores, Laborious water carves; whence echo slips Wild-tongued o'er pools where petrifaction strips Her breasts of crystal from which crystal pours. -- Here where primordial fear, the Gorgon, sits Staring all life to stone in ghastly mirth, I seem to tread, with awe no tongue can tell, -- Beneath vast domes, by torrent-tortured pits, 'Mid wrecks terrific of the ruined Earth, -- An ancient causeway of forgotten Hell. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CLAY BISON IN A CAVE by CLARENCE MAJOR COUGNAC, 2007 by CLAYTON ESHLEMAN THE SWEETWATER CAVERNS by KIMIKO HAHN INSCRIPTIONS: 1. FOR A GROTTO by MARK AKENSIDE AJANTA: 1. THE JOURNEY by MURIEL RUKEYSER AJANTA: 2. THE CAVE by MURIEL RUKEYSER AJANTA: 3. LES TENDRESSES BESTIALES by MURIEL RUKEYSER KU KLUX by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN |
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