Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: My name is light. I am seventy cubits high Last Line: In the deep trance of my colossal stare. Subject(s): Light; Rhodes (island) | ||||||||
MY name is Light. I am seventy cubits high. Ever I watch the unbridled waters beat, A steadfast beacon. Under my huge feet Lies Rhodes. My never-sleeping eyes descry The snow-capt hills whereon the eagles fly. The vast wheels of the star-led seasons fleet; Man lives and dies; the moon-drawn tides retreat; Fresh bales for barter on the flat wharves lie; Day shines; the tempest slumbers or shows ire; Warder of the blue vast I stand alway A fixéd sentinel for ever ware; Nor dawn nor twilight can these eyeballs tire That watch sails fill, and waves like hounds that bay, In the deep trance of my Colossal stare. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A COUP D'ETAT; AN INCIDENT IN THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 4, 1851 by VICTOR MARIE HUGO A NEW SONG TO AN OLD TUNE by VICTOR MARIE HUGO A NIGHT IN JUNE by VICTOR MARIE HUGO A UN PASSANT by VICTOR MARIE HUGO A UNE FEMME by VICTOR MARIE HUGO AFTER THE BATTLE by VICTOR MARIE HUGO AN EVENING SCENE by VICTOR MARIE HUGO AN OLD SONG OF A YOUTHFUL TIME by VICTOR MARIE HUGO |
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