Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BLOOD HORSE, by BRYAN WALLER PROCTER Poet's Biography First Line: Gamarra is a dainty steed Last Line: Where balkh amidst the desert stands. Alternate Author Name(s): Cornwall, Barry; Proctor, Bryan Waller Subject(s): Animals; Horses | ||||||||
GAMARRA is a dainty steed, Strong, black, and of noble breed, Full of fire, and full of bone, With all his line of fathers known; Fine his nose, his nostrils thin, But blown abroad by the pride within! His mane is like a river flowing, And his eyes like embers glowing In the darkness of the night, And his pace as swift as light. Look, -- how round his straining throat Grace and shifting beauty float; Sinewy strength is in his reins, And the red blood gallops through his veins: Richer, redder, never ran Through the boasting heart of man. He can trace his lineage higher Than the Bourbon dare aspire, -- Douglas, Gunzman, or the Guelph, Or O'Brien's blood itself! He, who hath no peer, was born Here, upon a red March morn. But his famous fathers dead Were Arabs all, and Arab-bred, And the last of that great line Trod like one of a race divine! And yet, -- he was but friend to one Who fed him at the set of sun By some lone fountain fringed with green; With him, a roving Bedouin, He lived (none else would he obey Through all the hot Arabian day). And died untamed upon the sands Where Balkh amidst the desert stands. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALL THE LITTLE HOOFPRINTS by ROBINSON JEFFERS ROAN STALLION by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES DANCERS AT THE MOY by PAUL MULDOON CRAZY HORSE SPEAKS: 3 by SHERMAN ALEXIE A PETITION TO TIME by BRYAN WALLER PROCTER |
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