Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE EAGLE AND THE MOLE, by ELINOR WYLIE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Avoid the reeking herd Last Line: And disembodied bones. Alternate Author Name(s): Benet, William Rose, Mrs. Subject(s): Animals; Birds; Eagles; Misanthropy; Moles | ||||||||
AVOID the reeking herd, Shun the polluted flock, Live like that stoic bird The eagle of the rock. The huddled warmth of crowds Begets and fosters hate; He keeps, above the clouds, His cliff inviolate. When flocks are folded warm, And herds to shelter run, He sails above the storm, He stares into the sun. If in the eagle's track Your sinews cannot leap, Avoid the lathered pack, Turn from the steaming sheep. If you would keep your soul From spotted sight or sound, Live like the velvet mole; Go burrow underground. And there hold intercourse With roots of trees and stones, With rivers at their source, And disembodied bones. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BESTIARY U.S.A.: STAR-NOSED MOLE by ANNE SEXTON A DEAD MOLE by ANDREW YOUNG (1885-1971) MOLE CATCHER by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN MOLES by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE MOLECATCHER by ALBERT D. MACKIE THE MOLE by PATRICIA KATHLEEN PAGE TOLL, BELL, TOLL. FOR HOPE IS FLYING by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI MOLE AND THE EAGLE by SARAH JOSEPHA BUELL HALE BRONZE TRUMPETS AND SEA WATER; ON TURNING LATIN VERSE INTO ENGLISH by ELINOR WYLIE |
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