Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JOUVENCE, by EDWARD ROBESON TAYLOR Poet's Biography First Line: Juan ponce de leon, by the devil taunted Last Line: For fame hath granted thee immortal youth. Subject(s): Ponce De Leon, Juan (1460-1521) | ||||||||
Juan Ponce de Leon, by the devil taunted, Already aged, and steeped in antique learning, Seeing time thin his hair, to silver turning, Took ship to find the Fount of Health, undaunted. On his fair Armada, by false visions haunted, Three years were lost in voyaging and vain yearning, Till perils of wind and wave and the unknown spurning, Florida he saw, where smiles a sky enchanted. And the Conquistador, kneeling on the strand, Planted his pennon, with a wavering hand, In that fair soil, where soon his tomb should lie. Yet fortunate thy fate, old man, in truth; Death dost thy last desire gratify, For Fame hath granted thee immortal Youth. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PONCE DE LEON by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS HOT THOUGHT by VICTOR HERNANDEZ CRUZ PONCE DE LEON by SANDRA M. GILBERT PONCE DE LEON SPEAKS by LOIS STONEHAM THE MOUNTAIN by EDWARD ROBESON TAYLOR THE TOMB OF THE CONQUEROR by EDWARD ROBESON TAYLOR AFTER SUNSET by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM STOOD AT CLEAR by ALEXANDER ANDERSON THE IMPROVISATORE: THE INDUCTION TO THE THIRD FYTTE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |
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