Classic and Contemporary Poetry
KAZAN, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poet's Biography First Line: Kazan looks down from the volga wall Last Line: Sound from her towers together. Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Kazan, Russia; Russia; Soviet Union; Russians | ||||||||
KAZAN looks down from the Volga wall, Bright in the darkest weather; And the Christian chime and the Moslem call Sound from her towers together. Shrine of the Golden Horde was she; Boast of the proud Bokhara; And her fame was wafted over the sea, And sung in the far Sahara. Woe to her faith and her turbaned lord! The Cross and the Russ were stronger; Her splendors now are the Czar's reward, And her Khans are kings no longer! Yet still she looks from the Volga wall, Bright in the darkest weather; And the Christian chime and the Moslem call Sound from her towers together. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 259 by LYN HEJINIAN A FOREIGN COUNTRY by JOSEPHINE MILES THE DIAMOND PERSONA by NORMAN DUBIE IN MEMORIAM: 1933 (7. RUSSIA: ANNO 1905) by CHARLES REZNIKOFF TAKE A LETTER TO DMITRI SHOSTAKOVITCH by CARL SANDBURG READING THE RUSSIANS by RUTH STONE THE SOVIET CIRCUS VISITS HAVANA, 1969 by VIRGIL SUAREZ A PROBLEM IN AESTHETICS by KAREN SWENSON COLUMBUS DYING [MAY 20, 1506] by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR SA-CA-GA-WE-A; THE INDIAN GIRL WHO GUIDED LEWIS AND CLARK by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR |
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