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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LORDS OF LIFE: 3. SATURN, by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE First Line: Beware! His eye is not less stern and cold Last Line: While that large planet travels through the air. | |||
BEWARE! His eye is not less stern and cold Than that of her who cuts the fatal thread; Arrows of mischief in his beams are shed, Disease and death that seek the guarded fold; And treason flourishes, and hate grows bold. His light was in the spaces overhead When Cæsar fell at Pompey's statue dead, And Father Tiber trembled as he rolled. Pity the child that opens now its eyes For the first time and meets that baleful stare; Pity the ship that out of harbor flies, If Saturn reigns, although the winds be fair; Good fortune withers at the root and dies While that large planet travels through the air. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A POET'S CENTENARY by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE A SONG OF BATTLE by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE A VOICE by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE AD MUSAM by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE ALL SOUL'S EVE by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE AN APOSTOLIC MAN by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE AN EAGLE-SPIRIT by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE AN OLD SAW by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE CONSCIENCE by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE COOPERATION by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE |
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