Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHINESE CEMETARY AT VICTORIA, by GLENN HUGHES First Line: Alien as well as desolate, this place Last Line: As pale as incense by a temple door. Subject(s): Cemeteries; China; Graveyards | ||||||||
Alien as well as desolate, this place Troubles the heart of one with eyes to see, And gives a false, poetic misery To those who rest within the barren space Beneath close rows of white head-boards that face The sea and China. Have their spirits free Leaped the wide barrier in their ecstasy, To dwell among the living of their race? If not, there is a recompense: bright broom Covers the cliffs with yellow of Peking: Translucent jade forever laps the shore, And golden-flowered silks drop from the loom Of night; at dawn blue mists hang shimmering, As pale as incense by a temple door. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POEM FOR MY TWENTIETH BIRTHDAY by KENNETH KOCH THERE IS ALWAYS A LITTLE WIND by TED KOOSER JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE SAILING HOME FROM RAPALLO by ROBERT LOWELL THE HILL ABOVE THE MINE by MALCOLM COWLEY CHAMBER MUSIC: 30 by JAMES JOYCE DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 6. SUNSET IN THE TROPICS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON |
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