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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WINE-CUP, by RICHARD ALDINGTON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Life was to us an amphora of wine | |||
Life was to us an amphora of wine Pressed from full grapes Upon the warm slopes of the Cyclades- Wine that brings light Into the gloomiest eyes of man, Wine, cooled and mingled for eager lip. We had but gazed upon the amphora, Touching the figures painted on its flanks- Achilles reining in his four great horses Or M…nads dancing to a Faun's pipe. We had but sipped the wine, Watching its changing hue- Deep purple in the shadowy amphora But crimson where the light Pierces the crystal cup. And if we thought: True, the cup soon is emptied, The amphora rings hollow An our veins lack warmth and life"- It did give us a gentle melancholy Making our present joy more keen and clear. But now Cold, terrible, unseen hands Have dragged the cup from us; We are distracted As a poor goatherd of the Thracian hills Robbed of his flocks and sun-tanned wife By Scythian robbers, Hurrying in anguish to the unfriendly town As we to death. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM by RICHARD ALDINGTON IN THE TRENCHES by RICHARD ALDINGTON VICARIOUS ATONEMENT by RICHARD ALDINGTON IMAGES: 1 by RICHARD ALDINGTON IMAGES: 2 by RICHARD ALDINGTON IMAGES: 3 by RICHARD ALDINGTON IMAGES: 4 by RICHARD ALDINGTON IMAGES: 5 by RICHARD ALDINGTON IMAGES: 6 by RICHARD ALDINGTON |
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