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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EFFECT OF ORATORY UPON A MULTITUDE, by GEORGE CROLY Poet's Biography
First Line: His words seem'd oracles
Last Line: The beating of your pulses while he spoke.
Subject(s): Lectures; Speech; Addresses; Speaking; Public Speaking; Oratory; Orators
First Line: His words seem'd oracles
Last Line: The beating of your pulses while he spoke.
Subject(s): Lectures; Speech; Addresses; Speaking; Public Speaking; Oratory; Orators
HIS words seem'd oracles
That pierced their bosoms; and each man would turn
And gaze in wonder on his neighbour's face,
That with the like dumb wonder answer'd him:
Then some would weep, some shout, some, deeper touch'd,
Keep down the cry with motion of their hands,
In fear but to have lost a syllable.
The evening came, yet there the people stood,
As if 'twere noon, and they the marble sea,
Sleeping without a wave. You could have heard
The beating of your pulses while he spoke.
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