Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE EAGLE, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography First Line: Between two mighty hills a sheer Last Line: The eagle scans his vast domain. Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Animals; Birds; Eagles | ||||||||
Between two mighty hills a sheer Abyss -- far down in the ravine A thread-like torrent and a screen Of oaks like shrubs -- and one doth rear A dry scarp'd peak above all sound Save windy voices wailing round: At sunrise here, in proud disdain The eagle scans his vast domain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ONE TO NOTHING by CAROLYN KIZER FOR THE LAST WOLVERINE by JAMES DICKEY THE EAGLE OF THE BLUE by HERMAN MELVILLE THE EAGLE; A FRAGMENT by ALFRED TENNYSON THE DALLIANCE OF THE EAGLES by WALT WHITMAN THE EAGLE AND THE MOLE by ELINOR WYLIE |
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