Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PYGMALION, by WILLIAM BELL SCOTT Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Mistress of gods and men! I have been thine Last Line: She sank, by two dread gifts at once oppress'd. Subject(s): Pygmalion | ||||||||
MISTRESS of gods and men! I have been thine From boy to man, and many a myrtle rod Have I made grow upon thy sacred sod, Nor ever have I pass'd thy white shafts nine Without some votive offering for the shrine, Carv'd beryl or chas'd bloodstone; -- aid me now, And I will live to fashion for thy brow Heart-breaking priceless things: oh, make her mine." Venus inclin'd her ear, and through the Stone Forthwith slid warmth like spring through sapling-stems, And lo, the eyelid stirr'd, beneath had grown The tremulous light of life, and all the hems Of her zon'd peplos shook. Upon his breast She sank, by two dread gifts at once oppress'd. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PYGMALION TO GALATEA by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES PARADOX: THAT FRUITION DESTROYS LOVE by HENRY KING (1592-1669) PYGMALION by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT METAMOPHOSES: PYGMALION AND THE STATUE by PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO HERMIONE: 1. THE LOST MAGIC by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL ON PYGMALION by RICHARD CRASHAW MY MOTHER by WILLIAM BELL SCOTT EARLY ASPIRATIONS by WILLIAM BELL SCOTT GLENKINDIE by WILLIAM BELL SCOTT |
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