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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: ALEXANDER, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Warrior of god, whose strong right arm Last Line: Returning with hot cheek and kindled eyes. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Alexander The Great (356-323 B.c.) | |||
WARRIOR of God, whose strong right arm debased The throne of Persia, when her Satrap bled At Issus by the Syrian gates, or fled Beyond the Memmian naphtha-pits, disgraced For ever -- thee (thy pathway sand-erased) Gliding with equal crowns two serpents led Joyful to that palm-planted fountain-fed Ammonian Oasis in the waste. There in a silent shade of laurel brown Apart the Chamian Oracle divine Shelter'd his unapproached mysteries: High things were spoken there, unhanded down; Only they saw thee from the secret shrine Returning with hot cheek and kindled eyes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SPEAKING TREE by MURIEL RUKEYSER HOW WE HEARD THE NAME by ALAN DUGAN ALEXANDER'S FEAST; OR, THE POWER OF MUSIC by JOHN DRYDEN THE HIGH-PRIEST TO ALEXANDER by ALFRED TENNYSON THE BALLAD OF ISKANDER by JAMES ELROY FLECKER IN PRAISE OF WYATT'S PSALMS by HENRY HOWARD ALEXANDER AND PHILIP by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON A CHARACTER by ALFRED TENNYSON |
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