Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AS OF OLD, by BERNARD M. KIRKE First Line: A misty eye and a wasted cheek Last Line: And mingle blood with groans. Subject(s): Peasantry | ||||||||
A MISTY eye and a wasted cheek In a window near the sea; Cities are sad and meadows bleak And rains fall drearily. A sallow cheek and a cold, cold eye In a land across the sea; Father and brother and sweetheart lie Beside their musketry. Velvety palaces, coffers of gold, And kings upon their thrones, While peasants grapple as of old And mingle blood with groans. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNTITLED LITTLE VERSES ... by NORMAN DUBIE THE WORM IN THE EAR by LARRY LEVIS AUTOCHTHONIC TERCET: 2 by CESAR VALLEJO THE LAST MAN by ELEANOR WILNER FOR A MISSING IN ACTION by JOHN BALABAN THE BENCH OF BOORS by HERMAN MELVILLE TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. A VOICE OVER THE EARTH by EDWARD CARPENTER TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. AT MENTONE by EDWARD CARPENTER THE CHOIRMASTER'S BURIAL by THOMAS HARDY REQUIEM FOR ONE SLAIN IN BATTLE by GEORGE LUNT LAUS VENERIS (A PICTURE BY BURNE-JONES) by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |
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