Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MEETING OF MAGICIANS, by GEORGE CROLY Poet's Biography First Line: In my own land, and hunting through the hills Last Line: By taprobane. Subject(s): Magic | ||||||||
IN my own land, and hunting through the hills I've sat from eve to sunrise, in the caves Of Atlas, circled by the altar-fires Of black enchanters, men who yearly came, By compact, to hold solemn festival: Some riding fiery dragons, some on shafts Of the sunn'd topaz, some on ostrich plumes, Or wondrous cars, that press'd the subtle air, No heavier than its clouds, -- some in swift barks, That lit the Libyan Sea through night and storm, Like wing'd volcanoes; from all zones of the earth, From the mysterious fountains of the Nile, Gold-sanded Niger, India's diamond shore, From silken China, -- from the Spicy Isles, Like incense-urns set in the purple sea By Taprobane. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI by JOHN KEATS SORCERY by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH FIRMILIAN; A TRAGEDY by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN A LAY OF ST. DUNSTAN by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM THE LORD OF THOULOUSE; A LEGEND OF LANGUEDOC by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM SHRODON FEAR: THE VU'ST PEART by WILLIAM BARNES THE ROMANCE OF THE LILY by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE SECOND BROTHER; AN UNFINISHED DRAMA by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE DEATH OF LEONIDAS by GEORGE CROLY |
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