Greeks Poem by Gamaliel Bradford

Greeks

Rating: 2.5


You really can't imagine how I love the ancient Greeks.
I love the dancing language where their mobile spirit speaks.
I love the songs of Homer, flowing on like streams of light,
With a touch of human kindness in the splendid shock of fight.

I love the Alexandrians whose inimitable grace
Filled the world with piping shepherds, though a far from piping place.
But my chief delight, like Arnold's, is the glory of the nine, Passion, laughter, deathless beauty, on the Attic stage divine.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Neran Sati 22 September 2015

It looks like part of the letter, introducing himself to somebody he met, caring about his opinion..

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David Wood 22 September 2015

This is not a poem it's a statement.

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Kim Barney 22 September 2015

Oh, it's a poem, all right. It has a definite rhyme pattern (and a good one) .

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Gamaliel Bradford

Gamaliel Bradford

Boston, Massachusetts
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