Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MICHELANGELO, by JOSE-MARIA DE HEREDIA (1842-1905) Poet's Biography First Line: Yes, he was darkly haunted, we may say Last Line: The anger of a god down-borne by earth. Subject(s): Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) | ||||||||
Yes, he was darkly haunted, we may say, When in the Sixtine, far from festal Rome Alone he painted wall or floating dome With sibyls, prophet, and the Judgement Day. He heard within him, weeping hard alway, The Titan he would chain 'bove eagles' home, Love, country, glory and defeat, -- like foam In face of conquering death; his marble -- falsest clay! As well those heavy giants languid with strength, Those slaves imprisoned in a stone vein's length, As if he twisted them in their strange birth, And in the marble cold had thrust his soul, Making a fearful shiver through it roll The anger of a god down-borne by earth. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON AN UNFINISHED STATUE BY MICHAEL ANGELO by GEORGE SANTAYANA THE LOVE SONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCK by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT FOR THE HOLY FAMILY, BY MICHELANGELO (IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI CONVERSATION WITH A JAPANESE STUDENT by ELEANOR WILNER ON MICHAEL ANGELO by WASHINGTON ALLSTON MICHAEL ANGELO by AUGUSTE BARBIER THE ARCIERI OF MICHELANGELO by WILLIAM ROSE BENET THE 'MOSES' OF MICHAEL ANGELO by ROBERT BROWNING MICHELANGELO by RHYS CARPENTER AFTER PETRARCH by JOSE-MARIA DE HEREDIA (1842-1905) |
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