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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE AMPHORA, by FEODOR KUZMICH TETERNIKOV Poet's Biography First Line: In a gay jar upon his shoulder Last Line: Its bitterness upon my breast. Alternate Author Name(s): Sologub, Fedor (fyodor) Subject(s): Grief; Sorrow; Sadness | |||
In a gay jar upon his shoulder The slave morosely carries wine. His road is rough with bog and boulder, And in the sky no starlights shine. Into the dark with stabbing glances He peers, his careful steps are slow, Lest on his breast as he advances The staining wine should overflow. I bear my amphora of sorrow, Long brimming with the wine it hides; There poison for each waiting morrow Ferments within the painted sides. I follow secret ways and hidden To guard the evil vessel, lest A careless hand should pour unbidden Its bitterness upon my breast. | 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 DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS LULLABY IN UNDERTONES by FEODOR KUZMICH TETERNIKOV |
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