Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IDYLL 6. CLEODAMUS AND MYRSON, by BION Poet's Biography First Line: What sweet for you has summer or the spring Last Line: There is for men an equal day and night. Subject(s): Seasons | ||||||||
CLEODAMUS WHAT sweet for you has Summer or the Spring, What joy does Autumn or the Winter bring? Which season do you hail with most delight? Summer, whose fulness doth our toils requite? Or the sweet Autumn, when but slight distress From hunger falls on mortal wretchedness? Or lazy Wintersince but few are loath To cheer themselves with fire-side ease and sloth? Or the Spring, blushing with its bloom of flowers? Tell me your choice, since leisure-time is ours. MYRSON. For man to judge things heavenly is unmeet, And all these seasons holy are and sweet. But I to please you will indulge your ear, And tell my favourite season of the year. Not Summerthen I feel the scorching sun; Nor Autumnthen their course diseases run; And hard I find to bear the Winter frore, The chilling snow I fear, and crystal hoar. Of all the year the Spring delights me most, Free from the scorching sun, and bitter frost. All life-containing shapes conceive in Spring, And all sweet things are sweetly blossoming; And in that season of the year's delight There is for men an equal day and night. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NO AUTUMN IN MY COUNTRY by MEENA ALEXANDER AFTER TU FU (THEY SAY YOU'RE STAYING IN A MOUNTAIN TEMPLE) by MARVIN BELL HE HAD A GOOD YEAR by MARVIN BELL SO IT'S TODAY by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR CONTRA MORTEM: THE FALL by HAYDEN CARRUTH IDYLL 1. LAMENT FOR ADONIS by BION |
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