Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE: BOOK 2. CANTO 1. PRELUDE. ORPHEUS, by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE



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First Line: The music of the sirens found
Last Line: About the coming of the lord!'
Subject(s): Mythology - Classical; Orpheus


The music of the Sirens found
Ulysses weak, though cords were strong;
But happier Orpheus stood unbound,
And shamed it with a sweeter song.
His mode be mine. Of Heav'n I ask,
May I, with heart-persuading might,
Pursue the Poet's sacred task
Of superseding faith by sight,
Till ev'n the witless Gadarene,
Preferring Christ to swine, shall know
That life is sweetest when it's clean.
To prouder folly let me show
Earth by divine light made divine;
And let the saints, who hear my word,
Say, 'Lo, the clouds begin to shine
'About the coming of the Lord!'





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