Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WRITTEN AT MYCENAE, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES


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First Line: I saw a weird procession glide along
Last Line: Quiet, thought-bound, a stone upon a stone.
Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord
Subject(s): Mycenae, Greece; Sculpture & Sculptors


I SAW a weird procession glide along
The vestibule before the Lion's gate;
A Man of godlike limb and warrior state,
Who never looked behind him, led the throng;
Next a pale Girl, singing sweet sorrow, met
My eyes, who ever pointed to a fleck
Of ingrained crimson on her marble neck;
Her a fierce Woman, armed with knife and net,
Close followed, whom a Youth pursued with smile,
Once mild, now bitter-mad, himself the while
Pursued by three foul Shapes, gory and grey:
Dread family! ... I saw another day
The phantom of that Youth, sitting alone,
Quiet, thought-bound, a stone upon a stone.





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