Gustave Dore (1832-1883)----poems by stephen richard eng

Gustave Dore

(1832-1883)

He let his fancy dwell

On Paradise and Hell,

Inking them in stark

Engravings all too clear,

Designs of faith and fear

Light opposing dark. 

His angels shimmer bright,

Their halos rising white

Over sun-swept skies,

While demons slip and squirm, 

(The dragon and the worm),

Hideous in size.

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Gustave Dore (2)

His fancy chose to dwell

On Paradise and Hell,

Scribing them in stark

Engravings bright yet drear,

Admixing faith with fear,

The light opposing dark.

His angels shimmer white

With efflorescent light

Haloing strange skies.

Below, repulsive, squirm 

The dragon and the worm,

Of undulant gross size.

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