SPLENDID burns the huge house with bronze; rich is the ample roof with radiant helmets; overhead each helmet lets a horsehair plume droop, the warrior's ornament. Plates of armour hang on the pin, greaves of radiant bronze, defence against the sturdy javelin. Curved shields and cuirasses of new linen bestrew the room; here are blades from Chalcis; here is many a cincture and kilt of proof. These are things we must remember now our duty shall begin. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SEALS IN PENOBSCOT BAY by KAREN SWENSON AN ATHENIAN GARDEN by TRUMBULL STICKNEY ORLANDO FURIOSO: CANTO 10. by LUDOVICO (LODOVICO) ARIOSTO THE POET'S SOLILOQUY by E. M. AVERILL MID-OCEAN by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |