Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN OLD MAP, by ELIZABETH MORROW First Line: How small and arrogantly safe that world Last Line: Disclosed the continent of you. Alternate Author Name(s): Cutter, Elizabeth Reeve Subject(s): Maps; Mediterranean Sea | ||||||||
How small and arrogantly safe that world Da Vinci loved and Polo knew! Mothered by Mediterranean sands it curled In lazy splendor where a Roman eagle flew. So stood my heart, an empire of disdain, Gibraltar, perched above smooth seas of blue, Until horizons cracked in hurricane Disclosed the continent of you. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MIDDLE OF THE WORLD by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE THE MEDITERRANEAN by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE GENOA AND THE MEDITERRANEAN by THOMAS HARDY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN - GOING TO THE WAR by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE MEDITERRANEAN by THOMAS MCGRATH MARE MEDITERRANEAN by JOHN NICHOL LONG TIME I LAY IN LITTLE EASE by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON FRAGMENTS FROM ITALY: 2 by JOHN CIARDI |
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