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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MAURICE DE GUERIN, by MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN Poet's Biography First Line: The old wine filled him, and he saw, with eyes Last Line: And lost his gods in deep, christ-given rest. Subject(s): Geurin, Maurice De | |||
THE old wine filled him, and he saw, with eyes Anoint of Nature, fauns and dryads fair Unseen by others; to him maidenhair And waxen lilacs, and those birds that rise A-sudden from tall reeds at slight surprise, Brought charmed thoughts; and in earth everywhere He, like sad Jaques, found a music rare As that of Syrinx to old Grecians wise. A pagan heart, a Christian soul had he, He followed Christ, yet for dead Pan he sighed, Till earth and heaven met within his breast; As if Theocritus in Sicily Had come upon the Figure crucified And lost his gods in deep, Christ-given rest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COLUMBUS THE WORLD-GIVER by MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN HE MADE US FREE by MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN THE SHAMROCK by MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN LONELY BURIAL by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET HOW MY HEART SINKS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: IMANUEL EHRENHARDT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS EVENING HYMN by REGINALD HEBER |
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