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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CORINTH, ON LEAVING GREECE, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I stood upon that great acropolis Last Line: So in that parting hour was it with greece and me. Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord Subject(s): Acropolis Of Athens; Corinth, Greece | |||
I STOOD upon that great Acropolis, The turret-gate of Nature's citadel, Where once again, from slavery's thick abyss Strangely delivered, Grecian warriors dwell. I watched the bosom of Parnassus swell, I traced Eleusis, Athens, Salamis, And that rude fane below, which lives to tell Where reigned the city of luxurious bliss. Within the maze of great antiquity My spirit wandered tremblingly along; As one who with rapt ears to a wild song Hearkens some while, then knows not whether he Has comprehended all its melody, So in that parting hour was it with Greece and me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RUINS OF CORINTH by ANTIPATER OF SIDON THE RUINS OF CORINTH by ANTIPATER OF SIDON CORINTH by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE SIEGE OF CORINTH by GEORGE GORDON BYRON AN EPISTLE FROM CORINTH by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY THE CRANES OF IBYCUS by JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER ON A CELEBRATED EVENT IN ANCIENT HISTORY (1) by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ON A CELEBRATED EVENT IN ANCIENT HISTORY (2) by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH COLUMBUS AND THE MAYFLOWER by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES |
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