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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SOUTH OF THE POTOMAC, by ELINOR WYLIE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Wild honey in the honey-comb
Last Line: Imperial as tyre.
Alternate Author Name(s): Benet, William Rose, Mrs.
Subject(s): Antiquities
First Line: Wild honey in the honey-comb
Last Line: Imperial as tyre.
Alternate Author Name(s): Benet, William Rose, Mrs.
Subject(s): Antiquities
Wild honey in the honey-comb,
And swarms of golden bees,
These are as sumptuous as Rome,
Rich as the Chersonese.
Not Tamburlain's Persepolis
Nor vaulted Ctesiphon
Were jewelled as this serpent is
Which stretches in the sun.
And this red earth beneath my hand,
Which burns my hand like fire,
Is barbarous as Samarcand,
Imperial as Tyre.
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