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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PLOT AGAINST PROTEUS, by ARTHUR JAMES MARSHALL SMITH Poet Analysis First Line: This is a theme for muted coronets Last Line: Cast off, and nab him; when you have him, call. Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, A. J. M. | |||
This is a theme for muted coronets To dangle from debilitated heads Of navigation, kings, or riverbeds That rot or rise what time the seamew sets Her course by stars among the smoky tides Entangled. Old saltencrusted Proteus treads Once more the watery shore that water weds While rocking fathom bell rings round and rides. Now when the blind king of the water thinks The sharp hail of the salt out of his eyes To abdicate, run thou, O Prince, and fall Upon him. This cracked walrus skin that stinks Of the rank sweat of a mermaid's thighs Cast off, and nab him; when you have him, call. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NEWS OF THE PHOENIX by ARTHUR JAMES MARSHALL SMITH ODE: ON THE DEATH OF WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS by ARTHUR JAMES MARSHALL SMITH SHADOWS THERE ARE by ARTHUR JAMES MARSHALL SMITH THE FACE by ARTHUR JAMES MARSHALL SMITH EVENING by GEORGE WASHINGTON DOANE AN UNINSCRIBED MONUMENT - BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS by HERMAN MELVILLE TWO POEMS TO HANS THOMA ON HIS SIXIETH BIRTHDAY: 2. THE KNIGHT by RAINER MARIA RILKE THE SUNDEW by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE THE PALACE OF ART by ALFRED TENNYSON |
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