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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IF HOPE OF A LAUREL, by RAYMOND DE LA TAILHDE First Line: If hope of a laurel of undiscovered growth Last Line: With eagle-thunderings rekindled france. Subject(s): Apollo; France; Laurels; Mythology - Classical | |||
If hope of a laurel of undiscovered growth, O lyre, wakes you wholly when I sing, Still shall I remember my due troth To those of whom I pluck the olden string. When Phœbus with his long and fiery spears Flames behind a hillock, forest-browed, It is a potent sun that still appears In the crest of an oak tree, mantled with a cloud. Thus, noble lyre, as of old you soared, From age to age, as deft hands swept the chord More golden and more glorious your chants. And that I may be with the Muses blent Ronsard, guiding the flame Apollo sent, With eagle-thunderings rekindled France. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#11): 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND MEDUSA by MARVIN BELL THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#11): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND MEDUSA by MARVIN BELL THE BIRTH OF VENUS by HAYDEN CARRUTH LEDA 2: A NOTE ON VISITATIONS by LUCILLE CLIFTON LEDA 3: A PERSONAL NOTE (RE: VISITATIONS) by LUCILLE CLIFTON UNEXPECTED HOLIDAY by STEPHEN DOBYNS |
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