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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE UNCONQUERED AIR: 1, by FLORENCE EARLE COATES First Line: Others endure man's rule: he therefore deems Last Line: He founders in its depths; and then I laugh! | |||
I Others endure Man's rule: he therefore deems I shall endure it -- I, the unconquered Air! Imagines this triumphant strength may bear His paltry sway! yea, ignorantly dreams, Because proud Rhea now his vassal seems, And Neptune him obeys in billowy lair, That he a more sublime assault may dare, Where blown by tempest wild the vulture screams! Presumptuous, he mounts: I toss his bones Back from the height supernal he has braved: Ay, as his vessel nears my perilous zones, I blow the cockle-shell away like chaff And give him to the Sea he has enslaved. He founders in its depths; and then I laugh! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AGAINST THE GATE OF LIFE by FLORENCE EARLE COATES AN ADIEU by FLORENCE EARLE COATES BUFFALO by FLORENCE EARLE COATES BY THE CONEMAUGH by FLORENCE EARLE COATES CAPTAIN GUYNEMER by FLORENCE EARLE COATES COLUMBUS by FLORENCE EARLE COATES CRADLE SONG by FLORENCE EARLE COATES DEATH by FLORENCE EARLE COATES DREYFUS by FLORENCE EARLE COATES EDMUND CLARENCE STEADMAN by FLORENCE EARLE COATES HELEN KELLER WITH A ROSE by FLORENCE EARLE COATES IN WAR-TIME (AN AMERICAN HOMEWARD-BOUND) by FLORENCE EARLE COATES |
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