Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE SPHINX, by CHARLES V. H. ROBERTS First Line: I sat at eve time on the lybian sands Last Line: Against her breasts of history. Subject(s): Egypt; Nile (river); Sphinx | ||||||||
I sat at eve time on the Lybian sands, And watched Night's shadows creep from up the Nile In languorous attitudes for Egypt's rest. Above, the Sphinx purred o'er the dark-ning lands, Reaching skyward in a great caress Across the Age of Mystery. I rose and stood beneath a Peristyle: She stooped and pressed me there, erewhile, Against her Breasts of History. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SPHINX by RALPH WALDO EMERSON QUATRAIN: THE IRON AGE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE SPHINX AT MOUNT AUBURN by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES SPHINX-MONEY by MATHILDE BLIND THE SPHINX by HENRY HOWARD BROWNELL THE SPHINX by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT APPENDIX TO 'LAZARUS': 9 by HEINRICH HEINE THE CROWN OF THORNS by JESSE WILLIS JEFFERIS A PROPOSAL by CHARLES V. H. ROBERTS |
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