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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IPHIGENIA IN AULIS (GREEK THEATER, AUGUST 14, 1915), by CHARLES PHILLIPS (1880-1933) First Line: O godlike gestures, whose compelling sweep Last Line: Kindling time's ancient silences with light! Subject(s): Mythology - Greek; Tragedy | |||
O GODLIKE gestures, whose compelling sweep Bids buried glories and the golden lore Of days long lost live all their beauty o'er! How like a sickle doth thy white arm reap Thy sheaf of sorrow! Ah, thou dost not weep Alone, sweet Iphigenia! nor implore The sterile heavens to blow from Aulis' shore A breath of saving o'er the blighted deep! Daughter of sacrifice! thy tender grace, Thy tragic story tremulous with tears, Is more than legend now! Thy lovely face Shines like a star through all the shadowed night; Thy voice hath touched anew the vanished years, Kindling Time's ancient silences with light! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CLASSICAL PROPORTIONS OF THE HEART; FOR FONTAINE by ELEANOR WILNER THE ROLE OF ELEGY by MARY JO BANG COUNTESS LAURA by GEORGE HENRY BOKER THE PRISONER OF CHILLON by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE SACK OF BALTIMORE by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS BEFORE SEDAN by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON CHIPS by CHARLES PHILLIPS (1880-1933) |
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