Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN PARIS, by ARTHUR PETERSON Poet's Biography First Line: I stood in paris at the tomb Last Line: A caesar, from the caesars' home. Subject(s): Caesar, Julius (100-44 B.c.); Graves; Tombs; Tombstones | ||||||||
I stood in Paris at the tomb Of him who crossed the bleak Alps' ridge, And charged o'er Lodi's bloody bridge, Till Europe heard his cannons' boom: Who made the haughty Hapsburg yield, Who watched the flames from Kremlin's tower, Who Elba fled, but fell from power On Waterloo's tremendous field. He was a dreamer in his youth, His eyes were dull, his face was pale; But, knowing no such word as fail, He wrought his visions into truth. Second alone to him of Rome He sits within the halls of fame; His glory France's, though he came, A Caesar, from the Caesars' home. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SURVIVOR AMONG GRAVES by RANDALL JARRELL SUBJECTED EARTH by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE GRAVE OF MRS. HEMANS by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER THOSE GRAVES IN ROME by LARRY LEVIS NOT TO BE DWELLED ON by HEATHER MCHUGH ONE LAST DRAW OF THE PIPE by PAUL MULDOON ETRUSCAN TOMB by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL A CLOUD FANCY by ARTHUR PETERSON |
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