Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG OF THE KINGS OF GOLD, by CHENEZER JONES First Line: Ours all are marble halls Last Line: Ha! Ha! Who are gods? Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes | ||||||||
OURS all are marble halls, Amid untrodden groves Where music ever calls, Where faintest perfume roves; And thousands toiling moan, That gorgeous robes may fold The haughty forms alone Of us -- the Kings of Gold. (Chorus.) We cannot count our slaves, Nothing bounds our sway, Our will destroys and saves, We let, we create, we slay. Ha! ha! who are Gods? Purple, and crimson, and blue, Jewels, and silks, and pearl, All splendors of form and hue, Our charm'd existence furl; When dared shadow dim The glow in our winecups roll'd? When droop'd the banquet-hymn Rais'd for the Kings of Gold? (Chorus.) The earth, the earth, is ours! Its corn, its fruits, its wine, Its sun, its rain, its flowers, Ours, all, all! -- cannot shine One sunlight ray, but where Our mighty titles hold; Wherever life is, there Possess the Kings of Gold. (Chorus.) And all on earth that lives, Woman, and man, and child, Us trembling homage gives; Aye trampled, sport-defil'd, None dareth raise one frown, Or slightest questioning hold; Our scorn but strikes them down To adore the Kings of Gold. (Chorus.) . . . . . . . . In a glorious sea of hate, Eternal rocks we stand; Our joy is our lonely state, And our trust, our own right hand; We frown, and nations shrink; They curse, but our swords are old; And the wine of their rage deep drink The dauntless Kings of Gold. (Clorus.) We cannot count our slaves, Nothing bounds our sway, Our will destroys and saves, We let, we create, we slay. Ha! ha! who are Gods? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALL LIFE IN A LIFE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS FOUR POEMS ABOUT JAMAICA: 3. A HAIRPIN TURN ABOVE READING, JAMAICA by WILLIAM MATTHEWS IMAGINE YOURSELF by EVE MERRIAM THE PROPHET by LUCILLE CLIFTON I AM FIFTY-TWO YEARS OLD' by KENNETH REXROTH LAST VISIT TO THE SWIMMING POOL SOVIETS by KENNETH REXROTH PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR AS A YOUNG ANARCHIST by KENNETH REXROTH TO A MAN WORKING HIS WAY THROUGH THE CROWD by MARIANNE MOORE |
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