WARRIOR of God, whose strong right arm debased The throne of Persia, when her Satrap bled At Issus by the Syrian gates, or fled Beyond the Memmian naphtha-pits, disgraced For ever -- thee (thy pathway sand-erased) Gliding with equal crowns two serpents led Joyful to that palm-planted fountain-fed Ammonian Oasis in the waste. There in a silent shade of laurel brown Apart the Chamian Oracle divine Shelter'd his unapproached mysteries: High things were spoken there, unhanded down; Only they saw thee from the secret shrine Returning with hot cheek and kindled eyes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO BE CLOSELY WRITTEN ON A SMALL PIECE OF PAPER by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THE SONG OF A HEATHEN by RICHARD WATSON GILDER THE DYING WORDS OF STONEWALL JACKSON by SIDNEY LANIER THE CITY IN THE SEA by EDGAR ALLAN POE ON BEING ASKED FOR A WAR POEM by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE WHEELING WORLD by JAMES ROBERT ALLEN THOU LIGHT OF LIFE by BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX |