Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IDYLL 2. EROS AND THE FOWLER, by BION Poet's Biography First Line: Hunting the birds within a bosky grove Last Line: "come suddenly and sit upon your head." Subject(s): Cupid; Eros | ||||||||
HUNTING the birds within a bosky grove, A birder, yet a boy, saw winged Love Perched on a box-tree branch; rejoicing saw What seemed a large bird, and began to draw His rods together, and he thought to snare Love, that kept ever hopping here and there. Then fretting that he could not gain his end, Casting his rods down, sought his aged friend, Who taught him bird-catchinghis story told, And showed Love perching. Smiled the ploughman old, And shook his head, replying to the boy. "Against this bird do not your rods employ; It is an evil creature; shun himflee; Until you take him, happy will you be. But if you ever come to manhood's day, He that now flies you and-still bounds away, Will of himself, by no persuasion led, Come suddenly and sit upon your head." | 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 IDYLL 1. LAMENT FOR ADONIS by BION |
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