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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EMPIRE (PERSEPOLIS), by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography
First Line: The yellow waste of yellow sands
Last Line: The memory of persepolis?
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Temples; Wind; Mosques
First Line: The yellow waste of yellow sands
Last Line: The memory of persepolis?
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Temples; Wind; Mosques
The yellow waste of yellow sands,
The bronze haze of a scorching sky!
Lo, what are these that broken lie;
Were these once temples made with hands?
Once towers and palaces that knew
No hint of that which one day threw
Their greatness to the winds -- made this
The memory of Persepolis?
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