Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN INVOCATION TO A WATER-NYMPH, by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER Poet's Biography First Line: Fair pearl crown'd nymph, whose gushing Last Line: That o'er thy cavern waves his solemn shade. Subject(s): Nature; Nymphs; Praise | ||||||||
FAIR pearl crown'd Nymph, whose gushing Torrent laves This marble Rock with hollow-tinkling Waves; Who wont'st in secret Solitude to dwell, On coral Beds beneath thy Sapphire Cell; Whose Virgin-Pow'r can break the magic Charm, Whose Look the black Enchanter's Hand disarm; Whom Swains in neighb'ring Vales to sing delight, Kind Guardian of their Flocks from blasting Sprite; Permit me, Goddess, from thy silver Lake, With cooling Draught my glowing Thirst to slake! So, when thou bath'st, may no rude Satyr's Eye, From some deep Brake thy naked Beauties spy: May no chill Blast the ivied Oak invade, That o'er thy Cavern waves his solemn Shade. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRAISE PREMATURE by SAMUEL BISHOP ON GIFTS FOR GRACE by BERNADETTE MAYER AFTERTHOUGHTS OF DONNA ELVIRA by CAROLYN KIZER OUR DEATHLESS DEAD by EDWIN MARKHAM SIR JOHN CHIVERTON: DEDICATORY STANZAS. by WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 12. A RENUNCIATION by THOMAS CAMPION TO MY HONORED FRIEND SIR ROBERT HOWARD by JOHN DRYDEN PRAISE OF LITTLE WOMEN by JUAN RUIZ A FAREWELL TO POETRY by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER A FRAGMENT OF A SATIRE by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER A PARAPHRASE ON THE 13TH CHAPTER OF ISAIAH by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER |
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