Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MODERN TERMINI, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: Again we see the obstructive rites decreed Last Line: No memnon-chords have they in all their sorry grain!' Subject(s): Worship | ||||||||
Again we see the obstructive rites decreed - This time by modern schools, a wrangling lot; - Each hopes his little god shall do the deed, The glorious deed - which Terminus did not! The master lectures, and the pupils quote, And noise abroad each fire-new theory, Or stale old sophism. How they rave and dote! And plant their idols where their Lord should be! Soon may we say, 'the heathen dream is past! The worship of these human blocks of stone, These heirs of Terminus, is failing fast! By history and reason overthrown; On their hard fronts the sunrise strikes in vain, No Memnon-chords have they in all their sorry grain!' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COMPANIONSHIP by MALTBIE DAVENPORT BABCOCK FOR I WILL CONSIDER YOUR DOG MOLLY by DAVID LEHMAN RUSSIAN CATHEDRAL by CLAUDE MCKAY LITTLE WHITE CHURCH by MARILYN NELSON A STEEPLE ON THE HOUSE by ROBERT FROST MATE (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ANSWER TO PRAYER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE TEN COMMANDMENTS by GEORGE SANTAYANA HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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