Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SONG OF ORPHEUS, by THOMAS RANDOLPH


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First Line: Hail, sacred deserts! Whom kind nature made
Last Line: To pleasure men, rewarded with a cage.


HAIL, sacred deserts! whom kind Nature made
Only to shelter with a loving shade
The now neglected music, glad to see
Lions afford her hospitality,
And tigers bid her welcome, with the rest
Of savage beasts accept her for a guest,
Since men refuse her, and scarce deign an ear
To her high notes; or if they please to hear,
'Tis all; amongst my pupils, you may see
The birds that learn'd their sweetest lays of me;
Those that chant carols in this thankless age
To pleasure men, rewarded with a cage.





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