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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EUCLID, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Old euclid drew a circle Last Line: Round pictures of the moon. Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel Variant Title(s): Poems About The Moon Subject(s): Euclid (450-374 B.c.) | |||
Old Euclid drew a circle On a sand-beach long ago. He bounded and enclosed it With angles thus and so. His set of solemn greybeards Nodded and argued much Of arc and of circumference, Diameter and such. A silent child stood by them From morning until noon Because they drew such charming Round pictures of the moon. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A NET TO SNARE THE MOONLIGHT by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY ABRAHAM LINCOLN WALKS AT MIDNIGHT by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH ENTERS INTO HEAVEN by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY LINCOLN by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY ON THE BUILDING OF SPRINGFIELD by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY SIMON LEGREE: NEGRO SERMON; MEMORIAL TO BOOKER T. WASHINGTON by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY THE BRONCHO THAT WOULD NOT BE BROKEN by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY THE CHINESE NIGHTINGALE; A SONG IN CHINESE TAPESTRIES by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY THE CONGO by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY |
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