Glinting golden through the trees, Apples of Hesperides! Through the moon-pierced warp of night Shoot pale shafts of yellow light, Swaying to the kissing breeze Swings the treasure, goldeneir radiant shimmer, Pushing forward just for these; Dew-besprinkled, bramble-marred, Poor duped mortal, travel-scarred, Always thinking soon to seize And possess the golden-glistening Apples of Hesperides! Orbed, and glittering, and pendent, Apples of Hesperides! Not one missing, still transcendent, Clustering like a swarm of bees. Yielding to no man's desire, Glowing with a saffron fire, Splendid, unassailed, the golden Apples of Hesperides! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FROST-WORK by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH CYNTHIA ON HORSEBACK by PHILIP AYRES SPRING SONG by MAVIS CLARE BARNETT THE OLD COWPUNCHER SPEAKS by BERTON BRALEY TORMENTUM by CHARLES ADOLPHE CANTUCUZENE ECLOGUE THE THIRD; A MAN, A WOMAN, SIR ROGER by THOMAS CHATTERTON THE BAD LANDS by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. |