Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EUTERPE, by LUCIUS MORRIS BEEBE First Line: Long, long ago we met Last Line: Of life and hope and immemorial passion. Subject(s): Euterpe (goddess) | ||||||||
Long, long ago we met, Sweet Mother of Hellenic song, Where argent hues and violet Make hills articulate against the sun! Full-lipped we met in the profound embrace Of things immoral Under the portal, Wisteria crowned, of happy days. And then I stood alone and deified, Nor could I comprehend, When you had swept Out of my ways and vanished, and I cried -- Ah, come again! -- You answered not, And after a little space I wept. But I have seen you since When the dawn Creeps jasmine-scented on Etrurian hills Before the many-petaled day has blown Into the world and died; And in cities of the mightier West At day's decline Have heard you in the boulevards, At dusk, when street lamps shine On watcher's faces. O fairest of the Graces, Here also is your home. They matter not, the cycles in their fashion, And you shall ever sing, the while you roam, Of life and hope and immemorial passion. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CORYDON by LUCIUS MORRIS BEEBE PIETRO ARETINO by LUCIUS MORRIS BEEBE VOLATUS TRIUMPHANS by LUCIUS MORRIS BEEBE TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY by ROBERT BURNS NICHOLAS NYE by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE THE WAGES OF PRIDE by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE MAGIC TOURS by CHARLOTTE LOUISE BERTLESEN |
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