Spirit of Plato
FROM THE GREEK.
Eagle! why soarest thou above that tomb?
To what sublime and star-ypaven home
Floatest thou?--
I am the image of swift Plato's spirit,
Ascending heaven; Athens doth inherit
His corpse below.
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Poem for August 19, 2027
The poem for August 19, 2027 is "Spirit of Plato" by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
About this daily poem
- Daily date
- August 19, 2027
- Poem
- Spirit of Plato
- Poet
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Themes
- nature, death, hope, solitude
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