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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONFLICT, by ALICE GILL BENTON First Line: Forbidden wine. It glows and glistens there Last Line: For wine and song. | |||
Forbidden wine. It glows and glistens there, A tempting thing. One draught of it might bring a snow-bound soul Eternal spring. Surely a Spartan's blood is in my veins, Turning them cold. Yet, in my soul, a mad Bohemian spark burns Centuries old. So, in the wake of temperate ancestry, Steadfast and strong. I take the water but, alas, I sigh For wine and song. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GOD OF PROGRESS by ALICE GILL BENTON OUR CAMP; IN THE AUTUMN WOODS by ROBERT FROST TWO HELPERS by MARY RUSSELL BARTLETT APPLE-BLOSSOM by MATHILDE BLIND A NEW PILGRIMAGE: 40 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT A COLLOQUY WITH GOD by THOMAS BROWNE TO TERRAUGHTY, ON HIS BIRTHDAY by ROBERT BURNS THE LOVER'S INTERDICT by ALICE CARY |
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