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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NATURE THE ARTIST, by EMPEDOCLES First Line: As painters, men of knowledge in their art Last Line: So be assured: the muse declared my tale. Subject(s): Nature | |||
AS painters, men of knowledge in their art, Tint votive-tablets to a rich design, And blend the various colours, quick to hand, In harmonizing hues, now more, now less, A mimic world, born at their touch appearing -- Trees in their likeness, man and womankind, Beasts and birds, fish in the waters living, And long-enduring gods, more great than all -- So too, -- let not deceit but truth prevail -- The generation of all mortal things Born visible, a countless host, sprang forth From elements compounded, less and more. So be assured: the Muse declared my tale. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INTERRUPTED MEDITATION by ROBERT HASS TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN WRITING IS AN AID TO MEMORY: 17 by LYN HEJINIAN LET US GATHER IN A FLOURISHING WAY by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA IN MICHAEL ROBINS?ÇÖS CLASS MINUS ONE by HICOK. BOB BREADTH. CIRCLE. DESERT. MONARCH. MONTH. WISDOM by JOHN HOLLANDER VARIATIONS: 16 by CONRAD AIKEN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN THE BLOOD-GUILTY by EMPEDOCLES |
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