Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CUPID DROWNED, by ANACREON Poet's Biography First Line: T' other day as I was twining Last Line: (paraphrase from the greek by leigh hunt.) Alternate Author Name(s): Anakreon; Anacreontea Variant Title(s): Cupid Swallowed Subject(s): Cupid; Love; Eros | ||||||||
T' OTHER day, as I was twining Roses for a crown to dine in, What, of all things, midst the heap, Should I light on, fast asleep, But the little desperate elf, The tiny traitor, -- Love himself! By the wings I pinched him up Like a bee, and in a cup Of my wine I plunged and sank him; And what d'ye think I did? -- I drank him! Faith, I thought him dead. Not he! There he lives with tenfold glee; And now this moment, with his wings I feel him tickling my heart-strings. (Paraphrase from the Greek by Leigh Hunt.) | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MESSAGE FROM THE SLEEPER AT HELL'S MOUTH: 6. ONESELF AT HELL'S MOUTH by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER SONNET: O HUSBAND! by ANNE WALDMAN EROS by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES CLEOMENS, OR THE SPARTAN HERO: SONG by JOHN DRYDEN A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 5. HIS DISCOURSE WITH CUPID by BEN JONSON CUPID MISTAKEN by MATTHEW PRIOR DEATH AND CUPID; AN ALLEGORY by JOHN GODFREY SAXE |
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