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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ARRACK, by FRANCIS SALTUS SALTUS Poet's Biography First Line: I see a sultry land of palm and rice Last Line: And dance with cobras on nude bosoms coiled! Subject(s): Goddesses & Gods; Memory; Mythology; Night; Bedtime | |||
I see a sultry land of palm and rice Haunted by upas and malarial dust, Whene'er against the chilling world unjust I drink thy fire, oblivion to entice. Vistas of pagan gods of strange device, Mysterious worship and atrocious lust, Arise and linger, on my memory thrust With sounds of gongs and burnings of sweet spice. I see in Java's forests, when the night Burns all alive with stars, the savage priests Draining thy fire, with fragrant essence oiled; I see each motion weird, each awful rite When by thee drunk they sacrifice fell beasts And dance with cobras on nude bosoms coiled! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BREATH OF NIGHT by RANDALL JARRELL HOODED NIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS WORKING OUTSIDE AT NIGHT by DENIS JOHNSON POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN COOL DARK ODE by DONALD JUSTICE |
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