Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FAIR CUIRASS SHATTERED, by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One time I thought that sunset's flaming air Last Line: And laugh to think that you had parried death. Alternate Author Name(s): Tate, Allen | ||||||||
One time I thought that sunset's flaming air Could forge in me the steel to batter through The hardy walls of men; that they, as you, Would quake at onslaughts from a poet's lair. We then lived roses; I had fooled despair And boxed him up and flogged his retinue, Made strong by cheeks and lips! I sucked in dew, And dragged the world, a weakling, by the hair. This hour is roseless; ruddiness is snuffed; Wan lilies, smutted in a dragon's breath, Are limp; and iron lizards track the earth To crunch men's bones, and dledgy clouds are buffed. I suck in smoke! I smile at grimy mirth, And laugh to think that you had parried death. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BIZARRE by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE BORED TO CHORESIS by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE CALIDUS JUVENTA? by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE CUL-DE-SAC by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE EDGES by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE ELEGY FOR EUGENESIS by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE ELEGY ON JEFFERSON DAVIS by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE EUTHANASIA by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE HITCH YOUR WAGON TO A STAR by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE HORATIAN EPODE TO THE DUCHESS OF MALFI by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE |
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