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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PRIZE FOR EURIPIDES, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography First Line: In athens of old when the women wailed of war Last Line: Sorrow and pity and love, across the years! Subject(s): Athens, Greece; Euripides (484-406 B.c.); Love; Sun; Tears | |||
IN Athens of old when the women wailed of war To the magic of melody wrought of a mighty one, The folk who listened grudged him the fitting meed, Missed the meaning, blind to a higher deed Than any deed of the sword beneath the sun; Message of ruth sung in that place of yore. To-day, with the world shaken with turmoil and tears, Peace but a homeless dream by a fireless shrine And clash of armies louder than all the seas, First prize goes to the wise Euripides Bidding us heed, in deathless line upon line, Sorrow and pity and love, across the years! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BANGLA DESH: 2. THE BLOOD IN MY EYES by FAIZ AHMED FAIZ TIME ROCKING ON by ANSELM HOLLO TEARS AND KISSES by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DOMESDAY BOOK: GEORGE JOSLIN ON LA MENKEN by EDGAR LEE MASTERS HOW FAR IS IT TO THE LAND WE LEFT? by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE TEARS FALL IN MY HEART by PAUL VERLAINE BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |
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