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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DANAIDES: THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, by AESCHYLUS Poet's Biography First Line: The holy heaven longs to thrust the earth Last Line: Perfect their fruits. Joint cause of all am I. | |||
THE holy Heaven longs to thrust the Earth, And Earth, for love, would make her marriage-bed. Rain-showers falling from the bridegroom Heaven Impregnate Earth, who brings to birth for men Grass for the flocks and the Earth-mother's corn. And from the shining stream of rain the trees Perfect their fruits. Joint cause of all am I. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRAGMENT FROM THE AGAMEMNON OF AESCHYLOS by AESCHYLUS AGAMEMNON: CHORUS by AESCHYLUS AGAMEMNON: HELEN. CHORUS by AESCHYLUS AGAMEMNON: THE BEACONS by AESCHYLUS AGAMEMNON: THE PURPLE CARPER by AESCHYLUS AGAMEMNON: THE SACRIFICE OF IPHIGENIA. CHORUS by AESCHYLUS AGAMEMNON: WELCOME TO AGAMEMNON by AESCHYLUS CHOEPHOROI: INVOCATION OF AGAMEMNON'S GHOST by AESCHYLUS CHOEPHOROI: ORESTES GOES MAD by AESCHYLUS CRY WOE, WOE, AND LET THE GOOD PREVAIL, FR. AGAMEMNON by AESCHYLUS |
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