Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NARCISSUS, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography First Line: The god enamoured never knew Last Line: Of light above. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Mythology - Classical; Narcissus (mythology); Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
THE god enamoured never knew The shadow that beguiled his view, Nor deemed it less divinely true Than Life and Love. And so the poet, while he wrought His image in the tide of thought, Deemed it a glimpse in darkness caught Of light above. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB ANONYMOUS by JOHN BANISTER TABB |
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