|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MODERN ALCHEMY, by CHESTER ANDERS FEE
First Line: All ancient chemists studied alchemy
Last Line: In leaden lustre-lack, to gold, fine wrought.
Subject(s): Alchemy & Alchemists
First Line: All ancient chemists studied alchemy
Last Line: In leaden lustre-lack, to gold, fine wrought.
Subject(s): Alchemy & Alchemists
All ancient chemists studied alchemy.
The baser metals each in ferment rolled
With crunching weight to grotesque shapes for old,
Odd crucibles where splashed an acid sea,
Transmuting toward the precious, frothing. He
Who captured multitudes with secrets, told
To all in joy, had ample palms for gold.
The change remains unmade: evasive key!
Yet you, beloved, are an alchemist:
No idle dreams of gold confuse your mind,
Nor sordidness enmeshes you, distraught:
Your elevated spirit, beauty kissed,
Transmutes my meager mental ore, confined
In leaden lustre-lack, to gold, fine wrought.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
ALCHEMY by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS
THE FLOWERY ALCHEMIST by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES
A BALLAD OF A WORKMAN by JOHN DAVIDSON
THE ALCHEMIST by FAIRFAX DOWNEY
FRAGMENT ON ALCHEMY by REGINALD HEBER
BELOVED THORN by CHESTER ANDERS FEE