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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SAINT PETERSBURG, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poet's Biography First Line: See! From the finland marshes there Last Line: Beams all the dusky distance through! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Russia; Saint Petersburg, Russia; Soviet Union; Russians; Leningrad; Petrograd | |||
SEE! From the Finland marshes there 'T is proud St. Isaac's rears in air, Pillar on pillar, that shining dome! And, just beyond its glorious swell, 'T is the slender spire of the Citadel Where great Czar Peter slumbers well All by the Neva's flood and foam, -- That lifts its cross till the golden bars Gleam and burn with the midnight stars! Taller than Luxor's shafts, and grander, Looms the pillar of Alexander Guarding the palace that fronts the square; And, out where the mist o'er Okhta flies, The towers of the Nevski Cloister rise, -- Shrine of the saint who, deathless, lies Circled with silver, and jewels rare; And Smolnoi's wealth of spangled blue Beams all the dusky distance through! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POSTCARDS FROM SOVIET CITIES: LENINGRAD by JOHN UPDIKE REQUIEM: PROLOGUE by ANNA ADREYEVNA GORENKO ST. ISAAC'S CHURCH, PETROGRAD by CLAUDE MCKAY THE CROWN JEWELS by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR THE FEAST OF PETER THE GREAT by ALEKSANDR SERGEYEVICH PUSHKIN 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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