GOD at first the sun created, Then each nightly constellation; From the sweat of his own forehead Oxen were his next creation. Wild beasts he created later, Lions with their paws so furious; In the image of the lion Made he kittens small and curious. Afterwards, the wilds to people, Man to spring to being bade he, And in man's attractive image Interesting monkeys made he. Satan saw it, full of laughter: "Copies from himself he's taking! "In the image of his oxen "Calves he finally is making." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POETS ARE BORN NOT MADE by ROBERT FROST ELEGY: THE LITTLE GHOST WHO DIED FOR LOVE; FOR ALLANAH HARPER by EDITH SITWELL AFFIRMATION by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THE LITTLE DANCERS by LAURENCE BINYON SUMMER WIND by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT TWO POEMS TO HANS THOMA ON HIS SIXIETH BIRTHDAY: 2. THE KNIGHT by RAINER MARIA RILKE |