I dreamed this mortal part of mine Was metamorphosed to a vine, Which, crawling one and every way, Enthralled my dainty Lucia. Methought her long, small legs and thighs I with my tendrils did surprise; Her belly, buttocks, and her waist By my soft nervelets were embraced; About her head I writhing hung, And with rich clusters (hid among The leaves) her temples I behung: So that my Lucia seemed to me Young Bacchus ravished by his tree. My curls about her neck did crawl, And arms and hands they did enthrall: So that she could not freely stir (All parts there made one prisoner). But when I crept with leaves to hide Those parts which maids keep unespied, Such fleeting pleasures there I took That with the fancy I awoke; And found (ah me!) this flesh of mine More like a stock than like a vine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BALLADE OF DEAD LADIES by FRANCOIS VILLON CATTLE SHOW by CHRISTOPHER MURRAY GRIEVE ST. SIMEON STYLITES by ALFRED TENNYSON CAPITAL SQUARE by PATRICK JOHN MCALISTER ANDERSON A POINT OF VIEW by LETITIA A. BRACE EAST WIND by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN |