Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): AMOR OMNIPOTENS, by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS First Line: Hearing his courtesies Last Line: Each smiling love under a shining brow. Alternate Author Name(s): Apollonius Of Rhodes Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
Hearing his courtesies Blissfully smiling did she her eyes abash. By his praise in a confusion of her heart Raised up, she lifted up her eyes to his, But found no single word to make a start, Striving all to express in one packed voicing. Out of her scented sash The charm she took, unsparing, and he rejoicing Received it in his hands: at his desire She would have plucked the very life from her breast And given it him, such bright and beautiful fire On Jason's yellow hair, Love's influence, played. The flashings of her eyes he captive made, And all her heart its secret warmth discloses, Melting like morning dew upon the roses That warm day melts; and now Shyly they to the ground their eyes abase, And now gaze at each other face to face, Each smiling love under a shining brow. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): EROS AND HIS MOTHER by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): HYLAS by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): JASON'S SOWING AND REAPING by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS |
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