Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CALVARY, by RACHEL ANNAND TAYLOR Poet's Biography First Line: Faint incense from the lily goes Last Line: (and where is calvary?) Subject(s): Calvary; Dreams; Nightmares | ||||||||
I. FAINT incense from the lily goes; (O Calvary, O Calvary!) Red, red as blood the drifted rose. (O Calvary!) I wove a glory for mine head; The wind's great wings came sweeping by; And lo! a crown of thorns instead! What old old dream dream I? II. Over the Field of Cloth of Gold (O Calvary, O Calvary!) Love leads rare queens and soldans bold. (O Calvary!) A tyrannous white god is he, And yet sometimes his eyes are wet: Then murmur I: "Can these things be? Hast Thou seen Olivet?" III. I hear a chime of wistful bells. (O Calvary, O Calvary!) I have sung all my canticles: (O Calvary!) And there is One that calleth me From Calvary. The masques and dances hurt mine eyes; I feel the dream behind them all; My rondels all ring round to sighs, And oh! for evenfall! (And where is Calvary?) | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN TO HER LOVER by RACHEL ANNAND TAYLOR |
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