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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE OLD STONE AGE: CONFLICT 'TWIXT MAN AND BEAST, by JACK MELONE First Line: Often, before the foe was downed Last Line: As bengal tiger ne'er has matched! Subject(s): Animals; Cats; Hunting; Tigers; Hunters | |||
Often, before the foe was downed, Three or four hunters also fell As roaring with prodigious sound, It broke each cranium like a shell. By twenty spears impaled, at length The dreadful cat had been despatched— A beast of such amazing strength As Bengal tiger ne'er has matched! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LAMENT OF QUARRY by LEONIE ADAMS KILLDEER by KENNETH SLADE ALLING THE YOUNG FOWLER THAT MISTOOK HIS GAME by PHILIP AYRES A POEM ABOUT THE HOUNDS AND THE HARES by LISEL MUELLER IN THE OLD STONE AGE: A DEARLY BOUGHT VICTORY by JACK MELONE |
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