Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OF LOVE AND WINE, by CHARLES GAMAGE EASTMAN First Line: Of love and wine old poets sung Last Line: With kisses paid his lyre! Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Love; Poetry & Poets; Wine | ||||||||
Of love and wine old poets sung, Old poets rich and rare, Of wine with red and ruby heart, And love with golden hair: Of wine that winged the poet's thought And woke the slumbering lyre; Of love that through the poet's line Ran like a flash of fire. But wine, when those old poets sung Its praises long ago, Was something subtler than the bards Of modern ages know, Ay, wine was wine when Teian girls, Flushed with the rosy dew, To old Anacreon's fiery strains Through wanton dances flew. And love, when those old poets sung Its praises long ago, Was something warmer than the bards Of modern ages know, Ay, love was love when Teian girls, Flushed with the melting fire, With roses crowned Anacreon's brow, With kisses paid his lyre! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CUP OF TREMBLINGS by JOHN HOLLANDER VINTAGE ABSENCE by JOHN HOLLANDER SENT WITH A BOTTLE OF BURGUNDY FOR A BIRTHDAY by JOHN HOLLANDER TO A CIVIL SERVANT by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG WINE by FRIEDRICH MARTIN VON BODENSTEDT THE GOOD FELLOW by ALEXANDER BROME WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN A SNOW-STORM; SCENE IN A VERMONT WINTER by CHARLES GAMAGE EASTMAN |
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