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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MAN AND THE CENTAUR; THE MAN, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography First Line: Upon the mountain-heights thou goest Last Line: The shadow of woe? Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Centaurs; Grief; Soul; Sorrow; Sadness | |||
Upon the mountain-heights thou goest, As swift as some fierce wind-swept flame; Thy doom thou scornest while thou knowest Men mock thy name. But thou -- thou hast the mountain-splendour, The lonely streams, blue lakes serene, Wouldst thou these virgin haunts surrender For man's demesne? Wouldst thou, for peaks where eagles gather, Where moon-white skies slow flush with dawn, Where, drenched with dew thy chieftain-father Is far withdrawn -- Wouldst thou all these exchange, give over Thy wild free joys and all delights, Thy proud and passionate mountain-lover, Thy starry nights, For that drear life in huddled places Where men like ants move to and fro Tired men, with ever on their faces The shadow of woe? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE |
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