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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HOUSE, by BENNETT WEAVER First Line: Troy is for beauty, the far, the broken Last Line: Stolen away and returning no more. Subject(s): Helen Of Troy; Mythology - Classical; Troy | |||
Troy is for beauty, the far, the broken Underneath the coral, the dust, the sand; The golden cymbal, the lute, the spoken Word and the buried hand. Troy is for Helen, the flesh, the narded Sweet of a woman. -- The topless minaret Is fallen, and he who guarded And Agamemnon fallen -- they both forget. Here is a house now, ages after; No fable here, life is scarcely fled, The heart's heat, the mid pulse, the love, the laughter -- And yet she is just as dead As the Helen dust. A broken rhythm Serves well enough for the theme, I guess; And this house, as open to the winds, the scism Of time as the Trojan's place -- no less. Time is a myth thing, beauty a jetting, A fountain jetting of dust from an urn, Rising, falling -- scarlet forgetting The shadow, rising but to return. All is a moment. Open the path wide, Carry her softly. Don't close the door! Troy be for Helen, this for a new bride Stolen away and returning no more. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HELEN OF TROY DOES COUNTER DANCING by MARGARET ATWOOD DESTROYING BEAUTY by CHARLES BUKOWSKI WHAT LIGHT DESTROYS by ANDREW HUDGINS A MOTEL IN TROY, NEW YORK by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN A MAN NAMED TROY by REGINALD SHEPHERD LETTER TO GOD FROM ETHAN AMOS BOYD, TROY, NY, 1929 by ANNE STEVENSON A MOMENT IN TROY by WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA HELEN OF TROY by SARA TEASDALE |
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