Project Gutenberg 2025-02-19 Public domain in the USA. 110 Binyon, Laurence 1869 1943 Binyon, Robert Laurence a26000487 The sirens : $b An ode $aLondon :$bMacmillan and Co., $c1925. "This poem was printed by hand by Richard and Elinor Lambert at the Stanton press and issued by them in 1924 in a limited edition. It has been revised for the present edition."--Note, p. vii. Bob Taylor, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "The Sirens: An Ode" by Laurence Binyon is a lengthy poem written in the early 20th century. This poetic work explores themes of beauty, longing, and the interplay between humanity and nature. It invokes the mythological Sirens, traditionally known for their enchanting songs that lure sailors to their doom, to articulate deeper philosophical questions regarding existence, desire, and the human condition. In the ode, Binyon reflects on the profound and often tumultuous relationship between mankind and the cosmos. The poem captures the essence of longing for freedom and transcendence, where the speaker grapples with the tension between earthly responsibilities and the allure of the infinite. Through vivid imagery and evocative language, Binyon weaves a narrative that oscillates between moments of existential reflection and ethereal visions, drawing on both personal and collective experiences to explore humanity's eternal quest for meaning and connection within the universe. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.794299 20230201010943binyon 1925 GB Reading ease score: 68.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en English poetry -- 20th century PR Text Category: Poetry Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore 110666 2025-07-30T03:34:04.056386 text/html 86041 2025-02-19T18:46:01 text/html 318781 2025-07-30T03:34:08.345429 application/epub+zip 317365 2025-07-30T03:34:05.205361 application/epub+zip 156790 2025-07-30T03:34:04.536467 application/epub+zip 706443 2025-07-30T03:34:10.252330 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 719089 2025-07-30T03:34:07.847393 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 64266 2025-07-30T03:34:03.542406 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 44411 2025-02-19T18:46:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15801 2025-07-30T03:34:10.408346 application/rdf+xml 16375 2025-07-30T03:34:04.766416 image/jpeg 1976 2025-07-30T03:34:04.650389 image/jpeg 391131 2025-07-30T03:34:04.085370 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia