Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SAMOAN DAYS, by ARTHUR PETERSON Poet's Biography First Line: Here winds the sweet iao his liquid horn Last Line: By pious missioners of the church of christ. Subject(s): Samoa | ||||||||
Here winds the sweet iao his liquid horn At break of day, proclaimer of the sun; Here stalks the red-brown chief with lofty mien; Here brood the palms and seem to whisper woe. Here bronzine maids, save for a cincture, bare, With round each head, of leaves or flowers, a wreath, Stride through the tropic wood, or in the deep, With outspread limbs, lovely amphibians, swim. Here sounds the siva's music; and, with step Caprine, in sylvan revels unrestrained, Dance men and maids; so, to the pipe of Pan, In fabled glades, danced nymphs and satyrs once. Here rises, through the silent evening air, The vesper hymn, circling from hut to hut, By fresh Samoan voices chanted, taught By pious missioners of the church of Christ. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRO FEMINA: FOUR. FANNY by CAROLYN KIZER UNDERWOODS: BOOK 1: 21. REQUIEM by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON A CLOUD FANCY by ARTHUR PETERSON A GERMANTOWN GRAVEYARD by ARTHUR PETERSON A SKETCH IN COLORS by ARTHUR PETERSON |
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