Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO CHROMIS, by ANDRE MARIE CHENIER First Line: Come, young chromis, I love thee, and I am lovely Last Line: "and gazing, they whisper together, ""what beauty divine!" Subject(s): Goddesses & Gods; Mythology | ||||||||
COME, young Chromis, I love thee, and I am lovely, Pale as Dian, and light as her heart is mine! Who am tall and proud as the Goddess. The shepherds wonder When I go by them at twilight with downcast eyne, Whether indeed I am made in the fashion of mortals, And gazing, they whisper together, "What beauty divine!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BEDTIME READING FOR THE UNBORN CHILD by KHALED MATTAWA EAST OF CARTHAGE: AN IDYLL by KHALED MATTAWA SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 7 by CONRAD AIKEN VICARIOUS ATONEMENT by RICHARD ALDINGTON NOTHING ABOUT THE MOMENT by LUCILLE CLIFTON VENUS IN A GARDEN by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON AN OFFERING FOR TARA by GARY SNYDER A YOUNG MAN by ANDRE MARIE CHENIER |
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