Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHERE ILIUM WAS PROUD, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY Poet's Biography First Line: Along the sands where ilium was proud Last Line: Only a deathless tale in poets' mouths. Subject(s): Helen Of Troy; Homer (10th Century B.c.); Mythology; Mythology - Classical; Poetry & Poets; Pride; Iliad; Odyssey; Self-esteem; Self-respect | ||||||||
Along the sands where Ilium was proud A crimson laurel bush, that draws, perhaps, From Priam's ancient buried house its blood, Sprinkles with flame the unbeholding waste In luxury of summer-hearted bliss. Ah, better so its given years to burn Unseen of maidens and young warriors Than, plucked untimely, to have flushed an hour The white of Helen's bosom on a night When Paris leaned across the lights and laughter To drink her up with hot, unmanly eyes. Its crimson, fading with the dawn, had been Only a deathless tale in poets' mouths. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROCK AND HAWK by ROBINSON JEFFERS GODOLPHIN HORNE, WHO WAS CURSED WITH THE SIN OF PRIDE, AND BECAME A BOOT-BLACK by HILAIRE BELLOC PRIDE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE THIN EDGE OF YOUR PRIDE: 1 by KENNETH REXROTH PRIMER LESSON by CARL SANDBURG HAEC FABULA DOCET by ROBERT FROST VICTIM OF HIMSELF by MARVIN BELL OVERTONES by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY |
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