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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LION HOUSE, by JOHN HALL WHEELOCK Poet's Biography
First Line: Always the heavy air
Last Line: For the delight of whom?
Subject(s): Animals; Houses; Lions
First Line: Always the heavy air
Last Line: For the delight of whom?
Subject(s): Animals; Houses; Lions
Always the heavy air,
The dreadful cage, the low
Murmur of voices, where
Some Force goes to and fro
In an immense despair.
As through a haunted brain,
With tireless footfalls
The Obsession moves again,
Trying the floor, the walls,
Forever, but in vain.
In vain, proud Force. A might,
Shrewder than yours, did spin
Around your rage that bright
Prison of steel, wherein
You pace for my delight.
And oh, my heart, what Doom,
What mightier Mind has wrought
The cage, within whose room
Paces your burning thought
For the delight of Whom?
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