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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARO; A SONNET, by CALVIN THOMAS First Line: How oft, dear bard, in this ill-favored age Last Line: Shall breathe into my life a lesson for to-day. Subject(s): Virgil (70-19 B.c.); Vergil | |||
How oft, dear Bard, in this ill-favored age When heroes act and poets sing no more, My willing thought reseeks thy peerless page To find each time a joy unfelt before. Oh! now I learn to love thee and to know The potent charm that Dante found in thee, Who called thee Master, unto thee did owe The mystic spell of his own poesy. Once more the Glory of the Past I see! Fair forms and valiant deeds of high emprize Evoked, transfigured by thy minstrelsy With stately mien moved past my ravished eyes; And the calm beauty of thy polished lay Shall breathe into my life a lesson for to-day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN HELL WITH VIRG AND DAN: CANTO 17 by CAROLYN KIZER DIDO OF TUNISIA by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY PUBLIUS VERGILUS MARO, THE MADISON AVENUE HICK by JOHN UPDIKE VIRGILS GNAT by EDMUND SPENSER AN EPISTLE: ADDRESSED TO SIR THOMAS HAMNER (1) by WILLIAM COLLINS (1721-1759) VIRGIDEMIAE: BOOK 1: SATIRE 6 by JOSEPH HALL ON A LEAF FROM THE TOMB OF VIRGIL by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS SONNET: 9. DANTE AND VIRGIL by HENRY CLARENCE KENDALL MISS KILMANSEGG AND HER PRECIOUS LEG: HER BIRTH by THOMAS HOOD |
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