Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DITTY OF ARISTIPPUS, by HERMAN MELVILLE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Noble gods at the board Last Line: Might but revellers pause in the prime. Subject(s): Aristippus (435-366 B.c.); Philosophy & Philosophers | ||||||||
Noble gods at the board Where lord unto lord Light pushes the care-killing wine: Urbane in their pleasure, Superb in their leisure -- Lax ease -- Lax ease after labor divine! Golden ages eternal Autumnal, supernal, Deep mellow their temper serene: The rose by their gate Shall it yield into fate? They are gods -- They are gods and their garlands keep green. Ever blandly adore them; But spare to implore them: They rest, they discharge them from time; Yet believe, light believe They would succor, reprieve -- Nay, retrieve -- Might but revellers pause in the prime. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROMAN SKETCHBOOK: READING/RUSSELL SAYS, 'THERE IS NO RHINOCEROS IN by ROBERT CREELEY THE CLOUDS OF MAGELLAN (APHORISMS OF MR. CANON ASPIRIN) by NORMAN DUBIE THREE SONNETS by RICHARD WILBUR OLD ARISTIPPUS by ANSELM HOLLO PUT IN A QUAVER, HERE AND THERE by ANSELM HOLLO FIN-DE-SIECLE BLUES by CAROLYN KIZER I BROOD ABOUT SOME CONCEPTS, FOR EXAMPLE by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER FORMERLY A SLAVE' (AN IDEALIZED PORTRAIT, BY E. VEDDER) by HERMAN MELVILLE THE COMING STORM' (A PICTURE BY R. S. GIFFORD) by HERMAN MELVILLE A DIRGE FOR MCPHERSON; KILLED IN FRONT OF ATLANTA by HERMAN MELVILLE |
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