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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GO BACK TO ANTIQUE AGES, IF THINE EYES, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: While, to dislodge his game, cities are sacked! Subject(s): History | |||
Go back to antique ages, if thine eyes The genuine mien and character would trace Of the rash Spirit that still holds her place, Prompting the world's audacious vanities! Go back, and see the Tower of Babel rise; The pyramid extend its monstrous base, For some Aspirant of our short-lived race, Anxious an af'ry name to immortalize. There, too, ere wiles and politic dispute Gave specious colouring to aim and act, See the first mighty Hunter leave the brute''" To chase mankind, with men in armies packed For his field-pastime high and absolute, While, to dislodge his game, cities are sacked! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE IN PICTURES by JAMES MCMICHAEL THE HISTORY OF MY LIFE by JOHN ASHBERY INITIAL CONDITIONS by MARVIN BELL THE DREAM SONGS: 290 by JOHN BERRYMAN THE EROTICS OF HISTORY by EAVAN BOLAND THEM AND US by LUCILLE CLIFTON A JEWISH FAMILY; IN A SMALL VALLEY OPPOSITE ST. GOAR by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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