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THE POET'S CALENDAR: JULY by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

Poet Analysis

First Line: MY EMBLEM IS THE LION, AND I BREATHE
Last Line: I AM THE EMPEROR WHOSE NAME I BEAR.
Subject(s): JULY;
My emblem is the Lion, and I breathe
The breath of Libyan deserts o'er the land;
My sickle as a sabre I unsheathe,
And bent before me the pale harvests stand.
The lakes and rivers shrink at my command,
And there is thirst and fever in the air;
The sky is changed to brass, the earth to sand;
I am the Emperor whose name I bear.




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