Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON SEEING A LITTLE CHILD SPIN A COIN OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: This is the face of him, whose quick resource Last Line: And spin the horns of ammon out of sight. Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.); Numismatics; Coins, Commemorative; Medals, Historical | ||||||||
This is the face of him, whose quick resource Of eye and hand subdued Bucephalus, And made the shadow of a startled horse A foreground for his glory. It is thus They hand him down; this coin of Philip's son Recalls his life, his glories and misdeeds, And that abortive court of Babylon, Where the world's throne was left among the reeds. His dust is lost among the ancient dead, A coin his only presence: he is gone: And all but this half mythic image fled -- A simple child may do him shame and slight; 'Twixt thumb and finger take the golden head, And spin the horns of Ammon out of sight. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ANTIQUE COIN by JOSE-MARIA DE HEREDIA (1842-1905) COINS OF MIST by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG TO MR. ADDISON, OCCASIONED BY HIS DIALOGUES ON MEDALS by ALEXANDER POPE WROTE IN A VOLUME OF EVELYN ON COINS by ALEXANDER POPE TO A SILVER DOLLAR by EFFIE WALLER SMITH HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER LETTY'S GLOBE by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THE BUOY-BELL by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THE LACHRYMATORY by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THE LATTICE AT SUNRISE by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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