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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ROMAN ANTIQUITIES DISCOVERED AT BISHOPSTONE, HEREFORDSHIRE, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: While poring antiquarians search the ground Last Line: The casual treasure from the furrowed soil. Subject(s): Antiquities; Ruins | |||
WHILE poring Antiquarians search the ground Upturned with curious pains, the Bard, a Seer, Takes fire: -- The men that have been reappear; Romans for travel girt, for business gowned; And some recline on couches, myrtle-crowned, In festal glee: why not? For fresh and clear, As if its hues were of the passing year, Dawns this time-buried pavement. From that mound Hoards may come forth of Trajans, Maximins, Shrunk into coins with all their warlike toil: Or a fierce impress issues with its foil Of tenderness -- the Wolf, whose suckling Twins The unlettered ploughboy pities when he wins The casual treasure from the furrowed soil. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VIGNETTES OVERSEAS: 6. RUINS OF PAESTUM by SARA TEASDALE WHERE A ROMAN VILLA STOOD, ABOVE FREIBURG' by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE THE RAVAGED VILLA by HERMAN MELVILLE HYMN AMONG THE RUINS by OCTAVIO PAZ OZYMANDIAS by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY |
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