Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN ODE TO MUSIC: 11, by JAMES GATES PERCIVAL Poet's Biography First Line: How light the strain when decked in vernal bloom Last Line: All blended with the smile, that shone like early dew. Subject(s): Music & Musicians | ||||||||
How light the strain when, decked in vernal bloom, Thalia tuned her lyre of melody, And when Terpsichore, with iris-plume, Bade o'er her lute her rosy fingers fly; 'T was pleasure all -- the fawns in mingled choirs, Glanced on the willing nymphs their wanton fires, Joy shook his glittering pinions as he flew; The shout of rapture and the song of bliss, The sportive titter and the melting kiss, All blended with the smile, that shone like early dew. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINER NOTES TO AN IMAGINARY PLAYLIST by TERRANCE HAYES VARIATIONS: 13 by CONRAD AIKEN BELIEVE, BELIEVE by BOB KAUFMAN ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT by BOB KAUFMAN MUSIC by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES THE POWER OF MUSIC by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES THE CORAL GROVE by JAMES GATES PERCIVAL |
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