Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TEMPLE OF VENUS, by SOAME JENYNS Poet's Biography First Line: In her own isle's remotest grove Last Line: And steer by chloe's eyes. Subject(s): Buildings & Builders; Mythology - Classical; Statues; Temples; Venus (goddess); Mosques | ||||||||
IN her own isle's remotest grove Stands Venus' lovely shrine, Sacred to beauty, joy and love, And built by hands divine. The polished structure, fair and bright As her own ivory skin, Without is alabaster white, And ruby all within. Above, a cupola charms the view White as unsullied snow; Two columns of the same fair hue Support the dome below. Its walls a trickling fountain laves, In which such virtue reigns That, bathed in its balsamic waves, No lover feels his pains. Before th' unfolding gates there spreads A fragrant spicy grove, That with its curling branches shades The labyrinths of love. Bright Beauty there her captives holds, Who kiss their easy chains, And in the softest, closest folds, Her willing slaves detains. Would'st thou, who ne'er these seas hast tried, Find where this island lies, Let pilot Love the rudder guide, And steer by Chloe's eyes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BAYADERE by FRANCIS SALTUS SALTUS AT DENDERA by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR RAMESES WORSHIPS RAMESES AT ABU SIMBEL by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR GLIMPSES OF ITALY: 5. LIKE PAESTUM'S TEMPLE by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON MAYAN TEMPLE by ADA CLARKE CARMICHIEL THE EARTHLY HOUSE by PHOEBE CARY THE DESERTED SHRINE by GLADYS CROMWELL THE ARK OF THE COVENANT by NINA DAVIS |
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