Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN ODE TO MUSIC: 10, by JAMES GATES PERCIVAL Poet's Biography First Line: The rage of pindar filled the sounding air Last Line: The demon shook his steel with wild exulting yell. Subject(s): Music & Musicians | ||||||||
The rage of Pindar filled the sounding air, As Polyhymnia tried her skill divine; The shaggy lion roused him from his lair, And bade his blood-stained eyes in fury shine; The famished eagle poised his waving wings, Whetting his thirsty beak -- while murder rose, With hand that grasps a dirk, with eye that glows In gloomy madness o'er the throne of kings, And, as she bade her tones of horror swell, The demon shook his steel with wild exulting yell. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINER NOTES TO AN IMAGINARY PLAYLIST by TERRANCE HAYES VARIATIONS: 13 by CONRAD AIKEN BELIEVE, BELIEVE by BOB KAUFMAN ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT by BOB KAUFMAN MUSIC by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES THE POWER OF MUSIC by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES THE CORAL GROVE by JAMES GATES PERCIVAL |
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