What is on seeing the Elgin Marbles about?

What is on seeing the Elgin Marbles about? The poem is a reflection on the pleasures and the pains of human creativity. The Marbles represent the best of human imagination. They are ‘glories of the brain’ that have endured through time – yet even they are subject to the wasting effects of time, displacement and … Continue reading What is on seeing the Elgin Marbles about?