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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO AN IMPERILLED TRAVELLER, by NATHAN HASKELL DOLE First Line: Unflinching dante of a later day Last Line: Than dante or his master dared rehearse! | |||
UNFLINCHING Dante of a later day, Thou who hast wandered through the realms of pain And seen with aching breast and whirling brain Woes which thou wert unable to allay, What frightful visions hast thou brought away: Of torments, passions, agonies, struggles vain To break the prison walls, to rend the chain, -- Of hopeless hearts too desperate to pray! Men are the devils of that pitiless hell! Men guard the labyrinth of that ninefold curse! Marvel of marvels! Thou hast lived to tell, In prose more sorrowful than Dante's verse, Of pangs more grievous, sufferings more fell, Than Dante or his master dared rehearse! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...APOSTROPHE TO JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (PRESTISSIMO) by NATHAN HASKELL DOLE INTERLUDE (ALLEGRO) by NATHAN HASKELL DOLE OLD NORRIDGEWOCK by NATHAN HASKELL DOLE OUR NATIVE BIRDS by NATHAN HASKELL DOLE THE FESTIVAL OF PEACE: THE ORCHESTRA by NATHAN HASKELL DOLE THE FUGUE (ANDANTE MAESTOSO) by NATHAN HASKELL DOLE THE MIRAGE by NATHAN HASKELL DOLE THE ORGAN (ALLEGRO) by NATHAN HASKELL DOLE MATER IN EXTREMIS by JEAN STARR UNTERMEYER |
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