Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN SPAERAM ARCHIMEDIS, by CLAUDIAN Poet's Biography First Line: Jove saw the sphere old archimedes made Last Line: Here's one has ap'd all nature's works entire.' Alternate Author Name(s): Claudius Claudianus Subject(s): Archimedes (287-212 B.c.) | ||||||||
JOVE saw the sphere old Archimedes made, And to the other Gods he laughing said, 'Such wondrous skill can crafty mortals get, Of my great work to make the counterfeit? Heav'n's and Earth's constitutions, fixt by Fate, This Syracusan's art does imitate; His various planets their just order have, Keeping by springs the motions which he gave; Thro' the twelve signs his Sun completes its years, And each new month, his mock new-Moon appears; Pleas'd with his World, this artist unconfined, Boldly rules Heav'n in his aspiring mind. No more Salmoneus' thunder I admire, Here's one has ap'd all Nature's works entire.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE OLD MAN OF VERONA by CLAUDIAN DE HISTRICE. EX CLAUDIANO by CLAUDIAN IN ARCHIMEDIS SPHAERAM by CLAUDIAN A PLANTATION BACCHANAL by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE SHADOWS by FRANK DEMPSTER SHERMAN THE TWO MASKS by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH PSALM 19. COELI ENARRANT by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |
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