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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ODE, by ANACREON Poet's Biography First Line: Dear girl of mytilene Last Line: To loved, but cruel phaon. Alternate Author Name(s): Anakreon; Anacreontea Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Wine | |||
DEAR GIRL OF MYTILENE Thy dark locks loosely flowing, Thy full, round, jet eye sparkling With soul-subduing glances, Thy brown cheek flushed and glowing, Thy lips, like opening rose buds Their earliest balm exhaling, Thy slender hands of coral, Whose light and fairy fingers, The cittern sweetly tuning, Awake the song of Sappho, And echo "lovely Phaon! Adored, but cruel Phaon!" Dear girl of Mytilene -- Beneath the bending vine-bower, That hangs its loaded clusters Full-swoln with purple nectar, And o'er the vaulted trellis Its tendrils, wildly ramping, With broad, green leaves inwoven, Shut out the star and moonlight -- Dear girl of Mytilene -- As in that secret bower Thy love-lorn song is flowing, The shepherd, on the moss bank, All silvered o'er with moonlight, Beside a dimpling fountain, Shall play upon his tabret, Responsive to thy echoes, The dying song of Sappho To loved, but cruel Phaon. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CUP OF TREMBLINGS by JOHN HOLLANDER VINTAGE ABSENCE by JOHN HOLLANDER SENT WITH A BOTTLE OF BURGUNDY FOR A BIRTHDAY by JOHN HOLLANDER TO A CIVIL SERVANT by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG WINE by FRIEDRICH MARTIN VON BODENSTEDT THE GOOD FELLOW by ALEXANDER BROME WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN |
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