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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MAY HOWARD JACKSON - SCULPTOR, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You saw the vision in the face of clay Last Line: Robed in a queenly majesty, resigned. Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Jackson, May Howard (1877-1931); Sculpture & Sculptors | |||
You saw the vision in the face of clay, And fixed it through the magic of a hand Obedient unto the will's command, In forms impervious to Time's decay: Historian of bloods that interplay Confusedly within a cryptic land, You've chiseled, and your work of art shall stand To gem the archives of a better day. Alone, far from the touch of kindred mind, You've mounted with a grim, determined zeal, Despite environment austere, unkind, Or frozen-fingers clenched to your appeal, You've held the ardor of your first ideal, Robed in a queenly majesty, resigned. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT THE MUSEE RODIN IN PARIS by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE PARALLAX MONOGRAPH FOR RODIN by NORMAN DUBIE THE SAINTS OF NEGATIVITY; FOR ERMA POUNDS by NORMAN DUBIE A ROGERS GROUP by ROBERT FROST ON A HORSE CARVED IN WOOD by DONALD HALL JADE MOTHER GODDESS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA IN GALLERIES by RANDALL JARRELL AFTER PIERO DI COSIMO'S VENUS, MARS, AND AMOR by GREGORY ORR OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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