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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SKY-PROSPECT - FROM THE PLAIN OF FRANCE, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Lo! In the burning west, the craggy nape
Last Line: From all the fuming vanities of earth!
First Line: Lo! In the burning west, the craggy nape
Last Line: From all the fuming vanities of earth!
LO! in the burning west, the craggy nape
Of a proud Ararat! and, thereupon,
The Ark, her melancholy voyage done!
Yon rampant cloud mimics a lion's shape;
There, combats a huge crocodile -- agape
A golden spear to swallow! and that brown
And massy grove, so near yon blazing town,
Stirs and recedes -- destruction to escape!
Yet all is harmless -- as the Elysian shades
Where Spirits dwell in undisturbed repose --
Silently disappears, or quickly fades:
Meek Nature's evening comment on the shows
That for oblivion take their daily birth
From all the fuming vanities of Earth!
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