Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CONQUEROR, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He hears the whir of the battle Last Line: Into a tangle of endless wars. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Sea; Soldiers; War; Ocean | ||||||||
HE hears the whir of the battle-drum, And the shrill-voiced fife, and the bugle-call, With a thirsty spirit that drinks it all As men might drink the wine poured from Old wicker flagons raimented With the rust and dust of ages dead. He plunges into the crimson sea Of carnage, and with a dauntless pride, He swims, with his good star, side by side, To the blood-sprayed heights of Victory, Where never his glory waxes dim, Though a woman's weak hand conquers him. And nigh and alone -- as the sculptor makes Him set in stone that the world may see -- He sits there, crowned eternally, And sheltered under a flag that shakes Her silken stripes and her silver stars Into a tangle of endless wars. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HALL OF OCEAN LIFE by JOHN HOLLANDER JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE FIGUREHEAD by LEONIE ADAMS A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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