Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TIME'S REVENGE, by JAMES STEPHENS Poet's Biography First Line: Once on a time he would have said Last Line: No king at all, and scarce a man! Subject(s): Time | ||||||||
Once on a time he would have said -- Not all the ghouls of sorcery Can make me hang a craven head Nor shake a whimper out of me. For I could top that sullen night, Or outwear any woe that came, And look on good or evil plight As but the chances of a game. But now a night-hag hath me down! And I am staring, suddenly, As one who wakens from renown To staring notoriety -- The king his diadem shall wear! The half-king wear what gaud he can Until Time swings him by the hair, No king at all, and scarce a man! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND |
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