Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SONG OF SYRINX, by PATRICK REGINALD CHALMERS First Line: Little lady, whom 'tis said Last Line: Little lady loved of pan! Subject(s): Courtship; Curses; Magic; Mythology - Classical | ||||||||
LITTLE lady, whom 'tis said Pan tried very hard to please, I expect before you fled 'Neath the wondering willow-trees, Ran away from his caress In the Doric wilderness, That you'd led him on a lot, Said you would, and then would not: No way that to treat a man, Little lady loved of Pan! I expect you'd dropped your eyes (Eyes that held your stream's own hue, Kingfishers and dragon-flies Sparkling in their ripple blue), And you'd tossed your tresses up, Yellow as the cool king-cup, And you'd dimpled at his vows Underneath the willow boughs, Ere you mocked him, ere you ran, Little lady loved of Pan! So they've turned you to a reed, As the great Olympians could, You've to bow, so they've decreed, When old Pan comes through the wood, You've to curtsey and to gleam In the wind and in the stream (Which are forms, I've heard folks say, That the god adopts to-day), And we watch you bear your ban, Little lady loved of Pan! For in pleasant spots you lie Where the lazy river is, Where the chasing whispers fly Through the beds of bulrushes, Where the big chub, golden dun, Turns his sides to catch the sun, Where one listens for the queer Voices in the splashing weir, Where I know that still you can Weave a spell to charm a man, Little lady loved of Pan! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#11): 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND MEDUSA by MARVIN BELL THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#11): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND MEDUSA by MARVIN BELL THE BIRTH OF VENUS by HAYDEN CARRUTH LEDA 2: A NOTE ON VISITATIONS by LUCILLE CLIFTON LEDA 3: A PERSONAL NOTE (RE: VISITATIONS) by LUCILLE CLIFTON UNEXPECTED HOLIDAY by STEPHEN DOBYNS A BLACK-LETTER STORY-BOOK by PATRICK REGINALD CHALMERS |
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