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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 THE FOUNTAIN (1) by SARA TEASDALE DROUTH WILL BE ENDED by GLADYS NAOMI ARNOLD THE TIMELY MEMENTO by PHILIP AYRES THE VIELD PATH by WILLIAM BARNES A NEW PILGRIMAGE: 38 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE PASSING OF THE TRAIL by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. |
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