NOT thee, O world's desire Did Peleus bear away As bride from her sea-sire; When on his wedding-day He bade the immortals come And feast in Cheiron's home. No; but a maiden chaste Was she whom he embraced, A princess of the sea; And when a year had passed She bare a son, and he Of demigods was best, Driving his chestnut yoke, A charioteer of pride; But Troy, and all her folk, Because of Helen, died. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GREAT HUNT by CARL SANDBURG JUNE (1) by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT MORTAL COMBAT by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE WOMAN'S CONSTANCY by JOHN DONNE HIS SAVIOURS WORDS, GOING TO THE CROSSE by ROBERT HERRICK FROM THE IONIAN ISLANDS by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES PROMETHEUS BOUND: PROMETHEUS IN THE EARTHQUAKE by AESCHYLUS URANIA; THE WOMAN IN THE MOON: THE FIRST CANTO, OR NEW MOON by WILLIAM BASSE |