Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEAT ELEVATORS (MINNESOTA), by ARTHUR W. UPSON Poet's Biography First Line: Castles, or titans' houses, or huge fanes Last Line: Or joseph stored egyptian corn away. Subject(s): Farm Life; Agriculture; Farmers | ||||||||
CASTLES, or Titans' houses, or huge fanes Of ancient gods that yet compel men's fear What powers, what pomps, do these betoken here Looming aloft upon the plough-seamed plains? Souls of ripe seasons, spirits of sweet rains, Flock hither; and the sinewy, yellow year Heaps their high chambers with Pactolian gear More precious than those golden Lydian grains. Nor fortresses, nor demi-gods' abodes, These are upraised to well-feared deities Whose power is iron, and whose splendid sway Is undisputed now as when great Rhodes, And Tyre, and Carthage, flourished serving these, Or Joseph stored Egyptian corn away. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...KICKING THE LEAVES by DONALD HALL THE FARMER'S BOY: WINTER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FARMER'S BOY: SUMMER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FARMER'S BOY: AUTUMN by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD A MOTIVE OUT OF LOHENGRIN by ARTHUR W. UPSON |
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