Hope and Fear—those internecine fighters—stop fighting and accost him "No man may him hyde From Deth, holow eyed," But for you, twin spirits, that shall not suffice: You are not male nor female, but a plan Deep set within the heart of man. Splendid with splendor hid, you come from your Arab abode, A fiery topaz smothered in the hand of a great prince who rode Like you, Sun, forth when day began, Flanked by his caravan. O Sun, you shall stay With us. Holiday And day of wrath shall be as one, wound in a device Of Moorish gorgeousness, round glasses spun To flame as hemispheres of one Great hour-glass dwindling to one stem. Consume hostility! Employ your weapon in this meeting place of surging enmity! Insurgent feet shall not outrun Multiplied flames, O Sun! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BONDAGE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON AN EXPLANATION by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON NOBODY'S LOOKIN' BUT DE OWL AND DE MOON (A NEGRO SERENADE) by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON DEAF HOUSE AGENT by KATHERINE MANSFIELD DOMESDAY BOOK: THE GOVERNOR by EDGAR LEE MASTERS JOE HILL LISTENS TO THE PRAYING by KENNETH PATCHEN ESSAY: AT NIGHT THE AUTOPORTRAIT AT NIGHT by ELENI SIKELIANOS |