Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GREY WOLF, by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The grey wolf comes again:I had made fast Last Line: This time, unless I feed you with my heart? Subject(s): Wolves | ||||||||
The grey wolf comes again: I had made fast The door with chains; how has the grey wolf passed My threshold? I have nothing left to give: Go from me now, grey wolf, and let me live! I have fed you once, given all you would, given all I had to give, I have been prodigal; I am poor now, the table is but spread With water and a little wheaten bread; You have taken all I ever had from me: Go from me now, grey wolf, and let me be! The grey wolf, crouching by the bolted door, Waits, watching for his food upon the floor; I see the old hunger and the old thirst of blood Rise up, under his eyelids, like a flood: What shall I do that the grey wolf may go? This time, I have no store of meat to throw; He waits; but I have nothing, and I stand Helpless, and his eyes fasten on my hand. O grey wolf, grey wolf, will you not depart, This time, unless I feed you with my heart? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOUR MOUNTAIN WOLVES by LESLIE MARMON SILKO BEING AS I WAS, HOW COULD I HELP by ELEANOR WILNER THE WOLF'S POSTSCRIPT TO 'LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD' by AGHA SHAHID ALI THE GOOD GRAY WOLF by MARTHA COLLINS HUNTING SONG, FR. ZAPOLYA by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE WOLVES IN THE ZOO by HOWARD NEMEROV THE WOLVES by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE AMERICAN MYSTIC by DAVID BOTTOMS PAPER ROUTE, NORTHWEST MONTANA by DAVID BOTTOMS NERVES by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS |
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