Best Famous Obolus Poems
Here is a collection of the all-time best famous Obolus poems. This is a select list of the best famous Obolus poetry. Reading, writing, and enjoying famous Obolus poetry (as well as classical and contemporary poems) is a great past time. These top poems are the best examples of obolus poems.
Search and read the best famous Obolus poems, articles about Obolus poems, poetry blogs, or anything else Obolus poem related using the PoetrySoup search engine at the top of the page.
See Also:
Written by
Charles Baudelaire |
WHEN Juan sought the subterranean flood,
And paid his obolus on the Stygian shore,
Charon, the proud and sombre beggar, stood
With one strong, vengeful hand on either oar.
With open robes and bodies agonised,
Lost women writhed beneath that darkling sky;
There were sounds as of victims sacrificed:
Behind him all the dark was one long cry.
And Sganarelle, with laughter, claimed his pledge;
Don Luis, with trembling finger in the air,
Showed to the souls who wandered in the sedge
The evil son who scorned his hoary hair.
Shivering with woe, chaste Elvira the while,
Near him untrue to all but her till now,
Seemed to beseech him for one farewell smile
Lit with the sweetness of the first soft vow.
And clad in armour, a tall man of stone
Held firm the helm, and clove the gloomy flood;
But, staring at the vessel's track alone,
Bent on his sword the unmoved hero stood.
|