As two men smoking , though one be a youth , And one so great he meets him as a peer Or cannot meet at all , speak open truth , "Eros , and now in disillusion , now That thou hast purged me of thy thick blindfold , Damon is false and Glaphyrus ! . . . Avow , Are not these creatures , I have doted on , Thine idols , and eternal sweet to thee? Dead loves I speak of, loves long dead and gone . " . . . A noble silence settled on our glee; And the sweet mouth grew jocund as he took The cup to pledge , and all his glorious pinions shook. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HEMLOCK by EMILY DICKINSON A GIRL'S GARDEN by ROBERT FROST THE TUFT OF KELP by HERMAN MELVILLE |