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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
APOLLO BELVIDERE, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poet's Biography First Line: Back to the grand apollo! Tell me not Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman | |||
Back to the grand Apollo! Tell me not A mortal had to do with this. I know That if a god content him here below, A mightier god must bind him to the spot. Can this be genius that can so enthral, And lift us, Mahomet-like, until we feel The very heaven around us, and we reel In the delight of worship? Who can call This splendid triumph stone? Say rather we Behold a god who came to men, and met His punishment in marble; yet he lives While we, with all our throbbing being set, Worship with the bold thought that it may be Idolatry that heaven itself forgives. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SONG FOR MY FELLOWS by ALEXANDER ANDERSON A SONG OF LABOUR; DEDICATED TO MY FELLOW-WORKERS WITH PICK AND SHOVEL by ALEXANDER ANDERSON A SONG OF PROGRESS by ALEXANDER ANDERSON BEHIND TIME by ALEXANDER ANDERSON BILL'S LENGTH by ALEXANDER ANDERSON BLOOD ON THE WHEEL by ALEXANDER ANDERSON BOB CRUIKSHANKS by ALEXANDER ANDERSON CITY AND VILLAGE by ALEXANDER ANDERSON DUNCAN WEIR by ALEXANDER ANDERSON |
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