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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONFLICT, by ALICE GILL BENTON First Line: Forbidden wine. It glows and glistens there Last Line: For wine and song. | |||
Forbidden wine. It glows and glistens there, A tempting thing. One draught of it might bring a snow-bound soul Eternal spring. Surely a Spartan's blood is in my veins, Turning them cold. Yet, in my soul, a mad Bohemian spark burns Centuries old. So, in the wake of temperate ancestry, Steadfast and strong. I take the water but, alas, I sigh For wine and song. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GOD OF PROGRESS by ALICE GILL BENTON TROY PARK: 1. THE WARMTH OF SPRING by EDITH SITWELL VISIONS OF THE DAUGHTERS OF ALBION by WILLIAM BLAKE THE MILKMAID'S SONG by SYDNEY THOMPSON DOBELL THE SUNDEW by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE THE NATIVE LAND by FRANCISCO DE ALDANA THE PROFESSION OF FLATTERY by ANTIPHANES IN VINCULIS; SONNETS WRITTEN IN AN IRISH PRISON: LIBERTY, EQUALITY ... by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |
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