HESPER! sweet Aphrodite's golden light! Hesper! bright ornament of swarthy Night, Inferior to the Moon's clear sheen, as far As thou outshinest every other star; Dear Hesper, hail! and give thy light to me, Leading the festive shepherd company. For her new course to-day began the Moon, And is already set—O much too soon! 'Tis not for impious theft abroad I stir, Nor to way-lay the nightly traveller: I love; and thou, bright star of love! shouldst lend The lover light—his helper and his friend. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHEN I WAS A BIRD by KATHERINE MANSFIELD FACADE: 7. MADAME MOUSE TROTS by EDITH SITWELL CORINNA TO TANAGRA, FROM ATHENS by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR THE SONG OF HIAWATHA: HIAWATHA AND MUDJEKEEWIS by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW GARDEN DAYS: 3. THE FLOWERS by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON A SLEEPLESS NIGHT by ALFRED AUSTIN CORRESPONDENCES by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE THE WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: A L'ENTRESOL by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |