Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A WORM FED ON THE HEART OF CORINTH, by ISAAC ROSENBERG Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: More amorous than solomon Subject(s): British Empire; World War I; Prophecy & Prophets; Helen Of Troy | ||||||||
A worm fed on the heart of Corinth, Babylon and Rome. Not Paris raped tall Helen, But this incestuous worm Who lured her vivid beauty To his amorphous sleep. England! famous as Helen Is thy betrothal sung. To him the shadowless, More amorous than Solomon | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FLIGHT OF HELEN; A FRAGMENT by GEORGE SANTAYANA HELEN OF TROY by SARA TEASDALE ON THE BUST OF HELEN BY CANOVA by GEORGE GORDON BYRON TO HELEN (1) by EDGAR ALLAN POE TROY TOWN by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI NO SECOND TROY by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS WHEN HELEN LIVED by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS OENONE by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN A BALLAD OF WHITECHAPEL by ISAAC ROSENBERG |
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