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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONFLICT, by ALICE GILL BENTON First Line: Forbidden wine. It glows and glistens there Last Line: For wine and song. | |||
Forbidden wine. It glows and glistens there, A tempting thing. One draught of it might bring a snow-bound soul Eternal spring. Surely a Spartan's blood is in my veins, Turning them cold. Yet, in my soul, a mad Bohemian spark burns Centuries old. So, in the wake of temperate ancestry, Steadfast and strong. I take the water but, alas, I sigh For wine and song. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GOD OF PROGRESS by ALICE GILL BENTON TRANSFORMATION by CARL SANDBURG OH! SUSANNA! by STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER THE MARYLAND BATTALION [AUGUST 27, 1776] by JOHN WILLIAMSON PALMER FAREWELL TO THE FARM by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON A COWBOY TOAST by JAMES BARTON ADAMS THE FLAG TRIUMPHANT by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN |
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