Phidias, And Other Poems
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Aye, e'en God is bound, Bound by infinities, bound by Himself.
Men are his offspring — Father He. He must, If He be God, account for us, His own.
Men's sorrows, failings, agonies, and wrong, Zeus must know these, — the fight of wrong with right.
And shall He thunder only— thunder loud PHIDIAS. 29 Upon His far Olympus, when we fall And glut our lust and passion at His feet?
"Zeus, hear me ! Hast but thunder when we cry With stains that burn and ravage in the soul ?" So prayed I till I dreamed He... answered me.
I moulded Zeus; was sure He must be good.
Believed if He is good He must be kind.
I carved my Zeus of ivory and gold.
Aspasia, Friend, I even thought our Zeus Must sometimes' yearn in pity over men, So yearn that He would save them from their wrongs; And so I wrought that mercy in His face.
And Phidias now hath found his place, the gaol Of Athens ! What his crime ? Two crimes are his, Offenses not opposed, save in their fruit.
Can he be guilty of them both ? The first, That he has placed upon Athene's shield 30 PHIDIAS.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Aye, e'en God is bound, Bound by infinities, bound by Himself.
Men are his offspring — Father He. He must, If He be God, account for us, His own.
Men's sorrows, failings, agonies, and wrong, Zeus must know these, — the fight of wrong with right.
And shall He thunder only— thunder loud PHIDIAS. 29 Upon His far Olympus, when we fall And glut our lust and passion at His feet?
"Zeus, hear me ! Hast but thunder when we cry With stains that burn and ravage in the soul ?" So prayed I till I dreamed He... answered me.
I moulded Zeus; was sure He must be good.
Believed if He is good He must be kind.
I carved my Zeus of ivory and gold.
Aspasia, Friend, I even thought our Zeus Must sometimes' yearn in pity over men, So yearn that He would save them from their wrongs; And so I wrought that mercy in His face.
And Phidias now hath found his place, the gaol Of Athens ! What his crime ? Two crimes are his, Offenses not opposed, save in their fruit.
Can he be guilty of them both ? The first, That he has placed upon Athene's shield 30 PHIDIAS.
What to read after Phidias, And Other Poems?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Gunsaulus, Frank Wakeley, 1856-1921 to read onlineMoreLess
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