Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CONQUEROR, by GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK Poet's Biography First Line: When all was silent and the gloom Last Line: Into the heaven of the strong. Subject(s): Morgan, John Pierpont (1837-1913) | ||||||||
THE CONQUEROR ("I, John Pierpont Morgan,... commit my soul into the hands of my Savior, in full confidence that having redeemed and washed it in His most precious blood He will present it faultless before the throne of my Heavenly Father." -- The Last Will and Testament of John Pierpont Morgan) WHEN all was silent and the gloom Grew thick, the dead man rose. The mask Slipped. Loath to tarry in the room, He glanced not at the agate casque; Nor at his tapestries, his scrolls, The ransom of an hundred kings -- For he that conquers life, his soul's Wraith is not chained to mundane things. His cane with slow, deliberate care Swinging, along the street moved he, Until he reached the Golden Stair That only dead men's eyes may see. Of newly dead a spirit host Made low obeisance when he came. Though some be saved and some be lost, He was the Master of the Game In life and death. A grunt, a nod, Thanked them,. They nudged each other's sides For each was fettered to the sod By some earth memory. A bride's Caress. A lad's clean limbs. The sheen In a child's face. A battle won. A crime. A dream. What might have been. -- August, untroubled he passed on. He puffed at his cigar. The spheres Made music. Then the ceaseless drone Of prayer went up.. By myriad tiers Encircled rose the Holy Throne. With no uncertainty of fate He brushed aside the angel throng And strode through the emblazoned gate Into the Heaven of the Strong. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BALLAD OF ST. VITUS by GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK A VAGABOND by GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK ADOLPHUS BUSCH: AVE ATQUE VALE by GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK BETRAYAL by GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK CHILDREN OF LILITH by GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK DR. FAUST'S DESCENT FROM HEAVEN by GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK GERSUIND by GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK HEINE by GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK HUERTA by GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK ITALY - 1915 by GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK |
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