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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MEDUSA, by ROBERT KELLEY WEEKS First Line: One calm and cloudless winter night Last Line: O love that turns to stone! | |||
ONE calm and cloudless winter night, Under a moonless sky, Whence I had seen the gracious light Of sunset fade and die, I stood alone a little space, Where tree nor building bars Its outlook, in a desert place, The best to see the stars. No sound was in the frosty air, No light below the skies; I looked above, and unaware Looked in Medusa's eyes: -- The eyes that neither laugh nor weep, That neither hope nor fear, That neither watch nor dream nor sleep, Nor sympathize nor sneer; The eyes that neither spurn nor choose, Nor question nor reply, That neither pardon nor accuse, That yield not nor defy; The eyes that hide not nor reveal, That trust not nor betray, That acquiesce not nor appeal, -- The eyes that never pray. O love that will not be forgot! O love that leaves alone! O love that blinds and blesses not! O love that turns to stone! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MAN AND NATURE by ROBERT KELLEY WEEKS AN ETERNITY by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH THE BRAVE OLD OAK by HENRY FOTHERGILL CHORLEY THE MARYLAND BATTALION [AUGUST 27, 1776] by JOHN WILLIAMSON PALMER PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 61. AL-MO'HYI by EDWIN ARNOLD TO HIS FRIEND THE AUTHOR UPON HIS POEM by CHRISTOPHER BROOKE |
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