Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DYING VIPER, by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY Poet's Biography First Line: The lethargy of evil in her eyes Alternate Author Name(s): Field, Michael (with Edith Emma Cooper) Subject(s): Animals | ||||||||
The lethargy of evil in her eyes - As blue snow is the substance of a mere Where the dead waters of a glacier drear Stand open and behold - a viper lies. Brooding upon her hatreds: dying thus Wounded and broken, helpless with her fangs, She dies of her sealed curse, yea, of her pangs At God's first ban that made her infamous. Yet, by that old curse frozen in her wreath, She, like a star, hath central gravity That draws and fascinates the soul to death; While round her stark and terrible repose, Vaults for its hour a glittering sapphire fly, Mocking the charm of death. O God, it knows! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROMANTIC MOMENTS by TONY HOAGLAND INSECT LIFE OF FLORIDA by LYNDA HULL THE ANIMALS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE PRESENCES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES BESTIARY by EARL (EARLE) BIRNEY THE FARMER'S BOY: WINTER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD CYCLAMENS by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY |
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