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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE COLUMNIST, by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I'd rather stand important in a swallow Last Line: For what? For nothing but to see the god. Alternate Author Name(s): Fleming, Archibald | |||
I'd rather stand important in a swallow Tailed coat provided by the maison and Take hats and wraps in the porches of Apollo (Letting the gentlemen perceive my hand By accident -- the palm a little hollow -- Under the overcoats), I'd rather stand Here at the door telling the crowd to follow The golden arrows till they hear the band Than work inside. Inside they never see The pretty women in expensive dresses Who come on tilted heels to dance nor the Hibernian earls and Iowa princesses, But carry coals in the old dusty hod -- For what? For nothing but to see the god. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BACCALAUREATE by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH CORPORATE ENTITY by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH TWO POEMS FROM THE WAR: 1 by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH TWO POEMS FROM THE WAR: 2 by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH CAPTURED by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH PENDULUM by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE DEATH OF A PHOTOGRAPHER by KAREN SWENSON SONNET TO ZOE KING by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THROUGH; A VISION OF VICTORY by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON PSALM 1. THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED CONTRASTED by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |
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